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26 Mar 2017, 9:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's another story from Courthouse News describing the risk-assessment tool which would be used in Harris County if the plaintiffs win.In the last legislative session, we saw an odd race between the Legislature and the Court of Criminal Appeals to be the first to define the scope of Texas' new junk science writ. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 4:13 am by Michael Busby
  He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Harris and Fort Bend County Texas family law courts. [read post]
22 Mar 2017, 4:45 am by SHG
Harris County, fine place though it is, hasn’t always been blessed with the most ethical of law enforcement. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 9:02 am by Eugene Volokh
In his personal vehicle, off-duty Harris County, Tex. cop pulls up alongside motorist who purportedly cut him off, shoots her in the head with his personal gun. [read post]
19 Mar 2017, 10:45 am by Ron Voyles & Associates
  Say you are arrested for suspicion of drunk driving in Walker, Harris, or Montgomery Counties. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 3:16 pm by Michael Busby
  He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Harris and Fort Bend County Texas family law courts. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The use of jail to collect debt was the subject of an excellent recent report from our friends at the Texas Fair Defense Project and Texas Appleseed. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 5:29 am by SHG
Spying some twits between the Texas Tornado, Mark Bennett, and former prosecutor cum defense lawyer (and president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association), and now chief of sex crimes at the Harris County District Attorney, one sentence stood out: Criminal bar is what, 30 years ahead of civil? [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 6:34 am by John Floyd
  Harris County Had More Exonerations Than Any State in the Country   In a March 7, 2017 report for the Texas Tribune, Alex Samuels pointed out that last year alone 48 people in Harris County were released from unlawful custody after being exonerated in drug cases. [read post]
12 Mar 2017, 7:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 That’s why this office would be great not just for potentially capital defendants, but to just have a defense resource that’s in place.Scott: Well, it’s very similar to the Harris County Public Defender Office. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 2:11 pm by Jeff Rasansky
 The majority of less-populous counties in Texas may see fewer than 100 truck accidents per year, while populous areas like Dallas and Harris County see a few thousand (3,598 and 5,887 in 2015, respectively). [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 12:57 pm by John Floyd
  That Buck killed his girlfriend and her companion in 1995 in Harris County has never been in serious dispute. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 9:21 am by Michael Busby
  He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Harris and Fort Bend County Texas family law courts. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 4:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
To deflect the criticisms, Harris County officials have agreed to do everything short of getting rid of the bail schedule. [read post]
5 Mar 2017, 5:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As Harris County DA Kim Ogg said this week in another context, "It makes no sense to spend public funds to house misdemeanor offenders in a high-security penal facility when the crimes themselves may not merit jail time. ... [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 9:00 am by Rania Combs
The Harris County Clerk’s office has created a wonderful flowchart to help Texans determine whether a small estate affidavit is proper to use in their given circumstances: Harris County also provides a small estate affidavit form (pdf), as well as instructions for filling it out. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 5:30 am by Kenneth J. Vanko
A Harris County, Texas jury awarded an employee nearly $200,000 in attorneys' fees after the jury found his ex-employer pursued a trade secrets misappropriation claim in bad faith.But the same jury awarded the employer nearly $500,000 in attorneys' fees after finding the employee failed to comply with a confidentiality clause. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 8:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
One of the first bills up in the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee this year, HB 351 by Rep. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 10:51 pm by tillmanbraniff
Houston and Harris County law enforcement won’t arrest those with under four ounces starting March 1. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 2:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
According to Jim Bethke of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, currently only "Bexar County has a similar program - and that is tailored to offenders with mental-health conditions. [read post]