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10 Nov 2013, 9:48 am
However, the collections letters from the Bexar County DA threaten arrest, jail and criminal prosecution." [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 3:05 pm
Waco judges seek to stem costly jail overcrowding, clean up DA's messIn Waco, District Attorney Abel Reyna has created a massive pileup in the county jail by insisting on such long sentences in routine cases that many defendants choose simply to take their cases to trial. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 2:58 am
Harris County probation director Paul Becker tendered his resignation, reported the Houston Chronicle ("Harris County's probation director resigns," August 29) in the wake of a hearing which concluded with State District Judge Denise Collins issuing a moratorium on using urinalysis results from the probation department in her court and calling for Becker and his three deputies to resign.Moreover, "On Tuesday, the Harris County District… [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 6:57 am
See their past newsletters.'Rocket docket' for trialsIn San Antonio, Bexar County judges are planning a series of back-to-back trials to catch up on their backlogged docket, but the District Attorney says it creates too much work for them. [read post]
7 Apr 2012, 7:54 am
Twenty-five percent of the Pretrial Services Office's cases are DWI offenders, and District Attorney Susan Reed's 24/7 “No Refusal” program is increasing the number of arrests and convictions.The Accountability, Compliance and Enforcement (ACE) program will intensify pretrial supervision of DWI offenders through screening and the use of several technologies. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 4:10 am
“Each of these penalties could be applied to both Sanchez and the employer, who the county attorney claims is the Harris County Commissioner's Court,” the motion said.That would entail roughly 1,750 civil violations and criminal offenses on the part of the both parties since Sanchez took office, January 2003.The underlying issues may seem like bureaucratic trivialities, but at the same time, the county clearly is in a bind,… [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 9:34 am
In Bexar County right now, the No Refusal Campaign is in place 24/7/365. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 8:34 am
Reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:Assistant District Attorney Richard Alpert of North Richland Hills will replace former board Chairman John Bradley, district attorney of Williamson County. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am
In 2007, that grew to $8.4 million.Dallas County District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons said the actual numbers are even higher because the data collected by the county is not accurate.In Harris County, according to a knowledgeable source Grits spoke to yesterday, District Attorneys dating back to Carol Vance (1966-'79) have considered the state law allowing reduced or waived forfeiture settlements to be unconstitutional. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 8:29 am
We’re trying to get them treatment. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 5:10 am
"It doesn't ruin the rest of their life" the way a DWI conviction can, she added.In Bexar County, District Attorney Susan Reed dealt with a backlog of cases by allowing first-time drunken-driving defendants who meet certain parameters to plead instead to a charge of "obstruction of a highway – intoxication. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 3:44 am
The key players are the arresting agencies, the criminal court judges (felony and misdemeanor), the probation department (controlled by the judges), the District Attorney, and the county commissioners court (which holds all the purse strings). [read post]
6 Jun 2009, 2:21 pm
THOMAS O'DONNELL, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF CORWIN DENNEY; from Bexar County; 4th district (04-04-00108-CV, 234 SW3d 135, 07-25-07) 2 petitions. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 3:11 am
Said Greg Buckley, the assistant district attorney in Childress County, "I appreciate him wanting to tell us to do the right thing. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 1:08 pm
That's as big a deal, arguably as important a moment in Harris County's political transformation as was Craig Watkins' upset of District Attorney Bill Hill in Dallas in 2006. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 7:22 am
In several Texas counties, including Lubbock, Hidalgo, and Guadalupe, local authorities are rounding up sex offenders on probation or parole to spend Halloween night in the jail or county probation offices. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
Time for Grits' year-end list of Texas' Top Ten Criminal Justice Stories of 2007. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 9:26 am
LaHood would be alive," said Cliff Herberg, a Bexar County first assistant district attorney whose office prosecuted the case. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 8:00 am
"The object of the Queque's ire this week is three-fold, and we'll start with the Bexar County District Clerk's Office by way of Kenneth Foster, innocent man on death row. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 12:44 am
And it's why the hubris of one District Attorney with apparently too much time on her hands shouldn't stop the project from going forward.See prior related Grits coverage:Bexar officials should blow off DA's needle exchange gripesProsecutors disagree whether Bexar DA justified in blocking needle exchangeBexar county judge elated to pioneer first Texas needle exchangeWow! [read post]
