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5 May 2014, 7:12 am
At least 34 other states, however, exempt parents who take their children in custody disputes, concluding that they pose no threat to other families’ children.Last month, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Kearns’ request to be removed from the registry because her lawsuit had been filed at the wrong time. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 8:48 am
Judge Cheryl Johnson didn't participate as much in the questioning so it's hard to get a read on her stance, but it didn't seem to me there were five obvious votes willing to reverse the court's earlier decisions. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 8:16 am
"Personally, I think the dog-scent stuff, particularly as done by Pikett, is junk science and should never have come into court," Judge Cheryl Johnson said.Absurdly, prosecutors told jurors at trial that the dog-scent lineup was "as good as DNA. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 11:53 am
Below the Courts of Common Pleas are the municipal courts (sometimes called “small claims court”) which hear civil matters below a certain monetary threshold (usually $10,000 or lower) and some summary criminal offenses. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 7:55 am
Sentencing juvenile murderers to life in prison without any chance of parole is not unreasonably harsh, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 11:46 am
Is no one remembering that another Justice or two (Justice Cheryl Johnson, for example) was sitting there at the Court of Criminal Appeals, awaiting the after-hours filing by Richard? [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 7:17 am
The CCA is the final appeals court for criminal appeals. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 7:41 am
Keller was first voted onto the Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court, in 1994. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 7:24 am
In his final state appeal, filed last week, Powell had asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to replace his death sentence with a life term in prison, arguing that jurors inaccurately predicted that he was a future danger to society. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 8:10 am
Then he discusses the rotation of the judge on duty for after-hours communications with the Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 3:54 pm
In other words, Agent Downing either perjured himself or is too incompetent to wear the badge, anyway.Quite frankly this decision in no small measure restores some of my faith that the Court of Criminal Appeals may yet shuck off its anything-goes-if-it-convicts mentality that's made it famous under Presiding Judge Sharon Keller and actually, occasionally insist that Texas defendants receive fair trials. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 9:11 pm
Cason declared Tuesday, “I am not a criminal. [read post]
30 Aug 2009, 2:29 am
She did not tell the judge who was on call to take any last minute appeals, Cheryl Johnson, that the defense lawyers were trying to file such a motion. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 1:35 am
I'd like to express my gratitude to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller.She has made Texas' supreme court for criminal matters into a better institution.Unfortunately, she didn't do it by bringing organizational skills to a court that must deal more than any other state court in the nation with the pressures of last-minute appeals in death penalty cases.But she did it.The firestorm of… [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 8:04 am
Here's an extended excerpt:I'd like to express my gratitude to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller.She has made Texas' supreme court for criminal matters into a better institution.Unfortunately, she didn't do it by bringing organizational skills to a court that must deal more than any other state court in the nation with the pressures of last-minute appeals in… [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 12:28 am
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller testified yesterday that she would do nothing different if presented again with the same situation that caused the Commission on Judicial Conduct to initiate removal proceedings against her.What arrogance! [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 11:22 pm
Presiding Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller's ethics trial begins today in San Antonio. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 1:01 am
Lindell also offered a couple of other interesting data points:• Cheryl Johnson, the Court of Criminal Appeals judge who was assigned by rotation to handle appeals in Richard's case â€â [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 12:27 am
" The other two Texas CCA judges up in 2010 are Michael Keasler and Cheryl Johnson, all Republicans.There is no liberal wing on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]
1 May 2009, 10:38 am
That was Judge Cheryl Johnson, not Presiding Judge Sharon Keller. [read post]
