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19 Feb 2015, 3:02 pm by Don Cruse
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 15-0135 : On Tuesday, the State filed a petition asking the Court to stay the first, more general order from a Travis County judge declaring Texas’s ban on same-sex marriages to be facially unconstitutional. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 10:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At least 14 inmates have allegedly died in recent years from heat-related causes. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 9:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See related, earlier coverage from Texas Monthly and commentary from Grits.TX courts limit pretext stop searchesFollowing a reversal by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the First Court of Appeals issued a ruling limiting the scope of searches incident to arrest. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 4:06 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
Example: Texas AG's action against Joseph Onwuteaka and his debt collection firm over mandatory venue violations: State of Texas v. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 9:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So we're sending these folks someplace that won't rehabilitate them.Finally, this bill will generate budget savings. [read post]
26 Jun 2023, 9:50 pm by Texas Legal News
For instance, under the rules for a state district court, jurors will be drawn from the county the court serves. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 11:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" And speaking of wheels, Barry pointed to this story I hadn't noticed from Christmas Day about a North Texas cop hit by his own patrol car as a suspect drove away in it at a traffic stop. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 6:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" So maybe it's not perfect, but thank God for the Michael Morton Act, and in the case of Ex Parte Tuley, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals! [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 1:45 pm by Andrew Hamm
Texas Department of Public Safety 20-603Issue: Whether Congress has the power to authorize suits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its constitutional war powers. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 5:49 am
Dallas released hundreds of low-level offenders last week to make room in the county jail, reported the Dallas News ("Low level felons let out of Dallas County Jail," Feb. 12), but they're far from solving their problems.Over at Dallas Sidebar, former Dallas District and 5th Court of Appeals Judge Ron Chapman places part of the blame on the Legislature for enacting huge surcharges on tickets for DWIs and people driving without a license,… [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
IANAL, but it's possible Sebesta could still face disciplinary action from the state bar if the complaint were re-filed.Louisiana prison heat litigation could presage Texas rulingThe Texas Civil Rights Project, which is litigating over excessive heat in Texas prisons on behalf of inmates and correctional officers, has won similar federal litigation in Louisiana, where a judge ruled prisons must keep the "heat index" below 88 degrees Fahrenheit on… [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 9:05 am
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson pointed out that funding for the courts in Texas made up only .4% of the state budget. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 8:40 am
State, though, the intermediate Corpus Christi Court of Appeals rejected banishment from the county as a condition of probation: "banishing appellant from the county, particularly when he is broke and unemployed is not reasonably related to his rehabilitation, and unduly restricts his liberty," and noted, "The State of Georgia apparently does permit one political subdivision to dump persons it considers undesirable upon… [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 8:39 am by Steve Hall
Programs like this that can increase the quality of defense and be cost-effective for counties and the state are exactly what the commission is looking for,” Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge and Chair of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission Sharon Keller said in a statement. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 7:37 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
Crow Iron Works, 582 S.W.2d 768, 771 (Tex.1979) (stating res judicata requires cause "finally determined, without appeal"). [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 2:41 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
With the state's larger counties and some appellate seats turning blue, the state's high courts and most appellate bodies are still controlled by Republicans.Maybe it's true Texas is losing experienced judges. [read post]
5 Sep 2015, 8:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Many if not most counties outside the major urban centers don't have anyone in the local bar with post-conviction writ experience.Texas is arguably better situated than most states to address these questions. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 5:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But Travis County DA Margaret Moore insists she intends to re-try Jimenez, and with Attorney General Ken Paxton has petitioned the courts to stay her release. [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 4:59 pm
May 29, 2008)(per curiam)(CPS case against FLDS sect, Texas Supreme Court family law decisions)IN RE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; from Schleicher County; 3rd district (03-08-00235-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 05-22-08) motion for emergency relief denied Per Curiam OpinionJustice O'Neill delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice Johnson and Justice Willett joined.In re Texas DFPS… [read post]