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28 Jun 2016, 5:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Gene Wu, an attorney and former Harris County prosecutor, said to me once that engineers, doctors and lawyers are three categories of professionals who can seriously hurt someone, or even a lot of someones, if they don't do a good job. [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 5:23 am by Mark S. Humphreys
Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson that a Houston-based insurance agent has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a Texas Department of Insurance investigation uncovered an annuity scam, in which she bilked almost a dozen elderly clients out of more than $3 million. [read post]
O’Connor, a former Harris County prosecutor, represents individuals, businesses, and organizations in several areas of law all over Texas and the United States. [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 8:42 am by Michele Deitch
There are modern risk assessments (most notably, the PSA-Court developed by the Arnold Foundation, which Harris County will begin using shortly) that can be performed quickly and inexpensively because they do not require a defendant interview, relying instead on information that booking officers should be looking up in any event. 2. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 12:55 pm by John Floyd
  Harris County citizens in 2008 tried to remove former DA Charles “Chuck” Rosenthal from office after it was exposed he had engaged in an improper romantic relationship with a DA staffer. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Harris County DA's office says it is aware of the issue and looking into it now.More than one way to skin a county judge One so seldom sees prosecutors go after open records violations that Smith County Judge Joel Baker's arrest barely passes the smell test. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 11:41 am by J.P. Vogel
Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, 449 S.W.3d 98 (Tex. 2014) the Texas Supreme Court recognizes the following 5 common law exceptions: (1) the damage producing delay was not intended or contemplated by the parties to be within the purview of the provision; (2) the damage producing delay resulted from fraud, misrepresentation, or other bad faith on the part of one seeking the benefit of the provision; (3) the damage producing delay has extended for… [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 11:41 am by J.P. Vogel
Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, 449 S.W.3d 98 (Tex. 2014) the Texas Supreme Court recognizes the following 5 common law exceptions: (1) the damage producing delay was not intended or contemplated by the parties to be within the purview of the provision; (2) the damage producing delay resulted from fraud, misrepresentation, or other bad faith on the part of one seeking the benefit of the provision; (3) the damage producing delay has extended for… [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 11:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Politifact found that "false" because Harris ranked only 138 among Texas counties for local incarceration rates in the county jail. [read post]
31 May 2016, 1:50 pm by David Kravets
In Texas, it's legal to have sex with somebody as young as 17 years old. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Department of Justice attorneys have been monitoring conditions in Harris County jail since 2008. [read post]
19 May 2016, 6:50 pm by Rebecca Bernhardt
 Harris County Sheriff Hickman is also holding some people in jails in Beaumont and Texarkana due to overcrowding in the Harris County Jail system.In April of this year Harris County received a $2 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to reform its criminal justice system. [read post]
19 May 2016, 6:43 am by Mark S. Humphreys
The decedent and Tallet participated in a marriage ceremony on July 2, 2007, in Harris County, Texas. [read post]
18 May 2016, 4:30 am by theadm
A Harris County, Texas jury awarded $1.5 million to Jack Grynberg and his family, finding that Exxon Mobil did not act in good faith in determining the mineral royalties the company owed him. [read post]
6 May 2016, 1:29 pm by John Floyd
”   Harris County’s Bail System Stinks   In his op-ed published in Reasonable Doubt entitled “Harris County: Your Self Praise Stinks,” defense lawyer Robert Fickman sums it up succinctly: “It’s real simple. [read post]