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4 Nov 2020, 9:15 am
Borderud also chairs the McLennan County Law Library Committee and is a past president of the Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association, where he helped the organization win awards from the State Bar and the Texas Access to Justice Commission for pro bono and public service work. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 1:09 pm
The Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association for conducting an inaugural challenge of performing a total of 1,000 pro bono hours through partnering with area organizations such as Baylor Law School and Mission Waco Legal Services. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 2:26 pm
In McLennan County, visiting Judge James Morgan ruled after an examining trial that there was sufficient cause to have arrested a 65-year old concealed carry permit holder who wasn't wearing a biker cut but a Christian t-shirt (he's chaplain to the Bandidos and two veterans groups) because he was carrying legal personal weapons. [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 6:53 am
" Grits has long been critical of the "doomsday deal" that put Mclennan County in such a bind, this summer calling it a "slow motion train wreck. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 1:05 pm
The mediation took place at the McLennan County Dispute Resolution Center (“DRC”) on June 15, 2011. [read post]
6 May 2012, 11:38 am
Readers may recall rookie McLennan County DA Abel Reyna had to learn that lesson as well, flat out misunderstanding the law and his own authority before somebody finally explained it to him.Similarly, consider Kerry Max Cook, a Tylerite who spent 20 years on death row for a 1978 murder, ultimately bartering his freedom for a guilty plea in order to prevent a fourth trial, facing prosecutors who once again said they would seek the death penalty. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 4:24 am
TDCJ denies the problem, but the Texas Inmate Family Association identified a couple of dozen underheated units, notably including the Allred Unit near Wichita Falls. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 3:14 pm
Grits hopes we've seen the last of state-government bailouts in the form of Governor's grants to McLennan County covering costs in this case. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 4:41 am
In my opinion, the new analysis in the Graf case indicates the same use of “old wives’ tales” used by arson investigators in reaching their conclusions.Notably, reported the Tribune-Herald, the McLennan County District Attorney declined to put on his own expert witness at the habeas hearing on Friday, leaving testimony by the two experts brought by Graf's legal team unrebutted. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 5:59 am
As a result, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ended its contracts with Texas counties, and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement has plenty of empty beds available through contractors they already work with. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 2:27 pm
Smith was president of the Waco-McLennan County Bar in 1956-1957 and president of the Junior Bar (now the Texas Young Lawyers Association) in 1957-1958. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 7:46 pm
Good for Kim Vickers, doing his job.Bad things happening in jailGrits can find no related press coverage, but a petition on Change.org alleges that a woman in the McLennan County Jail on a detention hold was sexually assaulted while being held on an immigration detainer for more than two years. [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 7:17 am
It's a beautiful day so rather than write blog posts on each of these items, I'll just give you the links and leave you to your own devices:Another lawsuit against TYC, this time against the unit in McLennan CountyGideon and I this week discussed Texas' deletion of the duty to retreatSouth Texas Chisme notes that one-third of Texas jails inspected this year have failedAbuse at Texas state schools for the mentally retarded has led to… [read post]
1 Apr 2022, 1:34 pm
He also serves on the board of directors of the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 8:22 am
In a story last year, the Waco Trib reported ("Water issues loom large for McLennan County area communities," April 18, 2010, behind paywall) that "McLennan County’s new groundwater district is trying to fight the overpumping and decline of the Trinity Aquifer. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 8:22 am
— Texas Bar Blog McLennan County judges, court officials prepare for return of jury trials — As Texas and county officials prepare to resume more work under whatever the new normal will look like, judges are realizing McLennan County courtrooms were not built with social distancing in mind. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 11:51 am
Additionally, McLennan County StateJuvenile Correctional Facility Units I and II in Mart will be consolidated. [read post]
5 Jul 2009, 5:00 am
The case was referred to the McLennan County district attorney’s office. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 2:52 pm
As not all Texas counties have operating websites, counsel should contact the courts in those counties by telephone. [read post]
31 May 2007, 1:16 am
The transfer of the Marlin unit from the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is nearly "a done deal," a spokesman for Sen. [read post]
