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30 Jan 2025, 7:00 am by Rania Combs
For example, Harris County provides a very good small estate affidavit form (pdf), as well as detailed instructions for filling it out. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 7:46 am by Matt Cooper
Harris, finding that Florida’s secretary of state, Katherine Harris, could not ignore amended election returns submitted by a county canvassing board after the seven-day statutory period for a manual recount had expired. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 3:51 am by SHG
Fault Lines writer JoAnne Musick has been brought in as Chief of Sex Crimes in Harris County under DA Ogg. [read post]
20 Apr 2013, 12:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's an excerpt from the Harris County prosecutor's closing argument that's in dispute:The police officer testified that he wouldn’t answer that question. . . . [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 11:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A civil rights suit alleging excessive force has been filed against Harris County Constable Precinct 7 over an episode last December when a black driver was beaten, tazed, and falsely accused of assaulting a peace officer. [read post]
30 Mar 2018, 9:30 am
As did Danny Ray Thomas, another unarmed Black man, a man in mental distress, who was killed by police in Harris County, Texas, just days ago. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 9:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 From Murphy's affidavit:It is common knowledge among lawyers in Harris County who regularly handle DWI cases during Lindsey's tenure on the DWI Task Force that he arrested many people in affluent parts of southwest Houston - regardless of how well they performed the field sobriety tests or how sober they appeared to be on videotape - so he could obtain overtime pay for appearing in court pursuant to a subpoena to testify at their trials. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 9:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 In 1994, however, the Harris County district attorney’s office sued the state to keep private its closed investigative files. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 12:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But according to the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition's Harris County data dashboard, Between Jan. 1, 2016 and May 2018 (the last month available), Houston PD was responsible for charges against nearly 1,000 people with possession of a controlled substance, either less than a gram (904) or one to four grams (87). [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 5:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Or, if a grand juror has personal, familial or professional relationships with a defendant and the prosecutor doesn't catch it in the vetting process, the media and outside watchdogs could not have any means to make such a connection later if names never become public.Last year, when a "rogue" grand jury took it upon itself to investigate (and ultimately no-bill) alleged improprieties at the Harris County DA's office, observers were able to draw important connections between the… [read post]
6 May 2014, 12:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And I'm sure the Harris County DA won't discipline the prosecutor in this circumstance - they'll just call the case a "win" and move on. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 1:46 pm by MOTP
First Court of Appeals (Old Harris County Courthouse) PER CURIAM MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, Francis Bashaw, attempts to appeal from the trial court's April 25, 2014 order staying this case and granting Republic State Mortgage Co.'s motion to compel arbitration. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 8:47 am
 Paraphrasing Sam Harris, in Lying: those of us who do not lie have nothing to prepare for, and those who do have much to remember". [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 5:20 pm
" Andrew Harris and Margaret Cronin Fisk of Bloomberg News report that "Gay Marriage Right Rejected by Appeals Court in U.S. [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 11:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
.'When cash bail violates the Constitution'This op ed included a notable quote from Judge Lee Rosenthal's opinion, “For misdemeanor defendants unable to pay secured money bail, Harris County maintains a ‘sentence first, conviction after’ system that pressures misdemeanor defendants to plead guilty … because that is the only way to secure timely release from detention. [read post]