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15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
I understand Texas Monthly will publish an interview with outgoing CCA Judge Cathy Cochran early next year, though don't expect her to break decorum and speak about the insider baseball stuff.Reddy: Pretrial detention of low-risk offenders 'counterproductive for public safety'Vikrant Reddy of the Texas Public Policy Foundation authored an editorial in the Houston Chronicle explaining how "pretrial incarceration of those who do not pose a high risk of committing a serious… [read post]
14 Dec 2014, 4:59 am
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling this week established a new, more stringent test for when a juvenile should be certified to be tried as an adult, as Cameron Moon became the first Texas juvenile in a quarter century to successfully challenge his certification as an adult. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 6:20 am
7 Dec 2014, 8:10 am
And the statute conferring appellate jurisdiction upon the CCAs–Article 66 of the UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 8:39 am
Rounding out Grits' synopsis of interesting cases from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hand down list last week (see also here, here, here, and here), I should mention that the Court overturned five more drug convictions on Wednesday because lab reports came back after the plea deal saying there were no drugs or less drugs than alleged by the government.These cases have become increasingly common. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 6:07 am
Sylvester Turner, the CCA has enjoyed a rare reversal of the historical trend of vanishing habeas authority. [read post]
29 Nov 2014, 8:32 am
Grits pledged to examine all the notable outcomes from Wednesday's Court of Criminal Appeals hand down list, so I suppose I should mention the Bernie Tiede case in which the CCA granted a new punishment phase hearing to the murderer subject of a (quite good) Richard Linklater movie starring Jack Black as the eponymous "Bernie" and Matthew McConnaughey as the DA whose pleadings are now before the court agreeing to reduce the penalty category from a first to a second degree… [read post]
28 Nov 2014, 10:01 am
Or, in theory, prosecutors could appeal to the US Supreme Court to overrule the CCA. [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 5:04 pm
Continuing with the Panetti story (see previous post), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied a stay 5-4, finding it had no jurisdiction. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 6:34 am
Ulrich concluded their research paper by stating, Although we may still perceive the realities of commercial arbitration “as through a glass, darkly,” the CCA/Straus Institute Survey is an important step toward lifting the veil and illuminating this continuously evolving sphere of activity. [read post]
22 Nov 2014, 5:43 am
Ulrich received timely and useful information from 134 members of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (“CCA”). [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 8:38 am
Ulrich: A major focus of the CCA/Straus Institute Survey was the nature and breadth of practice by Survey subjects. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 6:58 am
Ulrich add, These data are representative of the overall membership of the surveyed population, the membership of the CCA. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 7:10 am
Actively promote and put into practice the elements of the CCA Protocols for Expeditious, Cost-Effective Commercial Arbitration and other guidelines. 2. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 9:22 am
If there is one clear insight to be garnered from the CCA/Straus Institute Survey, it is that many experienced arbitrators in the U.S. are serious about their perceived obligation to render an award in accordance with applicable law. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 7:36 am
Yesterday's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hand down list includes another such a case out of Wharton County.Also on yesterday's hand down list: The CCA granted a habeas writ from capital murder defendant Alfred Brown out of Harris County, finding that "the State withheld evidence that was both favorable and material to applicant's case in violation of Brady" in his 2005 capital murder trial. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 11:03 am
By contrast, low growth in Russia, a country with important economic links, particularly for the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region, reflects the impact of geopolitical tensions on foreign investment, domestic production, and confidence Downside risks have increased since the spring. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 5:22 am
Although more than a year has passed, the CCA has still not issued an opinion in the case, and until it does, Brown will remain on death row. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 7:30 am
DeLay but to turn his life upside town for almost a decade before the CCA put an end to their legally bankrupt persecutorial ploy.And his half-hearted snarky remark about "eggheaded appellate lawyers" was, simply put, bush league. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 8:30 am
" And the CCA's decision, he said, was "just as deficient in its analysis as the one from the court of appeals. [read post]
