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16 Nov 2008, 6:13 pm
Sidebar: The WSJ article quotes a district attorney from Clatsop County, Oregon who fears "the public's false impression from TV cop shows that most prosecutors are bloodthirsty and routinely railroad defendants. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 4:49 pm
"Assistant Attorney General David Morales said his office "takes all constitutional challenges seriously. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 6:57 am
"Balancing the offender's constitutional rights with public safety is hard, she said. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 3:47 am
Experienced Collin County DWI Trial Lawyers The Law Offices of Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C., is a Frisco, Texas criminal defense law firm concentrating in drunk driving cases including Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) Intoxicated Assault and Intoxication Manslaughter and all other alcohol related offenses in Frisco, Plano, Dallas, Denton, Collin County, Dallas County,… [read post]
12 Oct 2008, 8:27 am
Be sure to check out a must-read Dallas News piece by reporters Steve McGonigle and Jennifer Emily analyzing the causes of Dallas County DNA exonerations, honing in on particular faulty eyewitness identifications, which occurred among 18 of 19 Dallas cases where DNA exonerated the defendant ("18 Dallas County cases overturned by DNA relied heavily on eyewitness testimony," Oct. 12). [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 2:37 pm
Diane Jennings writes, "Attonrey general defends actions in investigation of affair between judge, DA," in today's Dallas Morning News.The state's top lawyer said Thursday that he had expected Texas courts to "step up and do the right thing" by investigating an affair between the judge and prosecutor in the trial of condemned killer Charles Dean Hood. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 8:56 am
Generally I'm a big supporter of public defender offices. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 3:35 pm
Moore, an assistant Dallas County public defender and a board member of the Innocence Project, a legal group that seeks to get wrongful convictions overturned. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 3:37 pm
I am still busier than ever--the life of a public defender. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 1:22 pm
Dallas County slashing public safety budgets while rainy day fund sits idle [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 7:18 am
If Dallas County can't afford to hire enough public defenders to keep caseloads reasonable or pay enough staff to guard the jail, why does the Commissioners Court have more than $48 million in a rainy day fund they're refusing to spend? [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 10:17 am
"Our officers have a right to defend themselves," Officer Harn said.But Mr. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 6:49 am
Five attorneys have resigned from the Dallas Public Defender's office in the past month thanks to oversized caseloads and pressure from the county commissioner's court to short-change clients legal representation via a new, weekly reporting system. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 2:57 pm
An informant brings word that the Dallas Public Defender Office may soon lose two more spots because county commissioners are requiring courts to assign felony PD lawyers 40 felony cases each month. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 8:21 am
Akin Gump Losing Lawyers to Greenberg Traurig and Hunton & Williams
Texas Lawyer
Miami firm Greenberg Traurig, which has offices in Houston and Dallas, will open an office in Austin on Aug. 1 with seven lawyers, including three who are leaving Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's Austin office. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 4:06 pm
"State report says Dallas County shouldn't cut public defender's appeal unit," by Kevin Krause.The Dallas County public defender's office wants to prevent its relatively new appeals division from becoming a casualty of this year's budget crisis. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 7:02 pm
In Dallas County, public defenders could handle as little as 50 misdemeanor cases a month and 26 felony cases a month and still be cost effective, the report says. [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 9:35 am
Apr. 4, 2008)(per curiam) (product liability, indemnification for litigation costs)[20] County of Dallas v. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 7:39 am
However, several agencies including Dallas PD and some smaller counties are writing tickets for certain B misdemeanors. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 4:16 am
Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a weapon of crime control deceive the public and mask their own failure to support anti-crime measures that will really work. [read post]
