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19 Aug 2014, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Soffar’s current pro bono appeals lawyer, Andrew Horne, has been feverishly working on new writs: an appeal for clemency from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry, and an appeal for an expedited hearing from the Southern District Federal Court. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 11:38 am by Michael Lowe
This month, the Innocence Project filed a grievance with the State Bar of Texas against Navarro County District Attorney John H. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 8:36 am by Lawrence Taylor
 Aug 2 – A state appeals court has upheld the life sentence of a Central Texas woman who contended her imprisonment for a third felony conviction for driving while intoxicated was improper cruel and unusual punishment. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 3:15 pm by Michael Lowe
Now, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals must approve Judge Lewis’ action and then the exoneration will be finalized. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 7:00 am by Bill Marler
The litigation stems from one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in United States history. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm by Bill Marler
“People who are commissioning these audits don’t seem to understand that they are … not worth the paper that they’re written on[5]. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 5:09 am by SHG
From Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ affirmance of Brown’s conviction: Erika Dockery, who testified for the State, was appellant’s girlfriend at the time of the offense and lived with him at the Plum Creek Apartments. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 2:48 pm by Michael Lowe
The information is provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, and other criminal justice agencies (regional, county, city, etc.). [read post]
14 Jun 2014, 11:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A pair of notable cases related to the Jonathan Salvador DPS-Houston crime-lab fallout demonstrate the range of options for how thousands of affected drug cases might go.On June 4th, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) delivered a brief, 5-page opinion in Ex Parte Coty denying habeas corpus relief after re-testing of the evidence confirmed it was cocaine. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 5:30 am by Donna Ballman
Court documents filed in Texas’ fifth district court of appeals show the company asked the court to stop Metoloids from producing germane. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 5:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For a few more examples, let's return to Grits' notes from the May 1 gathering of the Court of Criminal Appeals' Criminal Justice Integrity Unit (TCJIU), reviving a few aspects of the event that didn't make it into my earlier writeup from the meeting.Judge Barbara Hervey and others expressed concern that, while prosecutors are responsible in the courtroom for revealing exculpatory information held by any arm of the state, folks like crime-lab… [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 6:00 am by Duets Guest Blogger
In 1969, she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate and re-elected twice. [read post]
22 May 2014, 10:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Those leaders would also be banned from working for or volunteering with any Texas group that purports to benefit public safety, the document states. [read post]
16 May 2014, 8:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
State, which according to the prosecutors' association held that, "By vacating and remanding a case from the San Antonio court of appeals, Aviles v. [read post]
1 May 2014, 4:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas is way ahead of other states on this topic, as far as I can tell, and this meeting offered some meaty suggestions for the Legislature to consider when it convenes again in 2015. [read post]