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25 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled the group had a reasonable fear of drawing a complaint about its spending without registering, and, therefore, had the ability to sue over the campaign finance law. [read post]
15 Nov 2022, 1:41 pm by John Floyd
  On direct appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA), Beatty argued that he had “consent” from his mother to inhabit the mobile home, and that the only evidence presented by the State that he did not have consent to be in the mobile home was McCarthy’s second-hand testimony. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacates a decision from a three-judge panel that ordered the case dropped. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s decision to grant a preliminary injunction against the state’s “blackout period. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities California – New Ethics Rule Would Allow State Judges to Speak Out About Rulings in Campaigns San Diego Union Tribune – Greg Moran | Published: 1/1/2020 Spurred by the successful recall of Santa Clara County judge who sentenced a Stanford University student to six months in jail for a sexual assault, the California Supreme Court is weighing changes to the code of ethics that would allow judges to break a longstanding taboo and speak… [read post]
2 Dec 2018, 8:23 am by John Floyd
Supreme Court on November 14, 2018, former CCA Judges Charles Baird, Morris Overstreet, and Cheryl Johnson argued to the nation’s highest court that Ramos’s lawyer, Welch, had never handled a capital case and was woefully unprepared to deal with the enormous magnitude of such cases on appeal. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 2:20 pm by Ariana Costakes
Judge Magnis made a recommendation to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Spencer be granted a writ of “actual innocence. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 9:00 am by Russell Spivak
” Only thereafter did the House establish an impeachment committee, which drafted Johnson’s eleven articles of impeachment. [read post]
16 Oct 2016, 5:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But this example demonstrates why: The government isn't willing to pay for an adequate defense up front, even when they're threatening to kill the defendant, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is just fine with that.Cheapskates. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 2:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Indeed, for the most part the public is unaware the Court of Criminal Appeals even exists, much less do they understand the particulars of what it does. [read post]
5 Mar 2016, 10:18 am by John Floyd
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TEX CRIM APP), however, elected to call the former governor “Perry. [read post]
3 Mar 2016, 6:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Short answer: They have.Judge Harle, who arguably was the most qualified and well-respected jurist on the ballot, didn't even make the runoff to replace Cheryl Johnson on the court. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 5:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And with Cheryl Johnson and Larry Meyers leaving after next year, that will change the dynamic further. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 1:27 pm by AWoog
Before that, she clerked for Judge Cheryl Johnson at the Court of Criminal Appeals and was an intern at the Office of Capital Writs during law school, so now we have someone else on the blog who can talk writs! [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 1:51 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(See prior Grits coverage.)Now, that information has been made available via a new online spreadsheet compiled by Amanda Woog, a super-smart young attorney who clerked for Judge Cheryl Johnson at the Court of Criminal Appeals before working as a policy analyst for the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, where Grits first met her this spring. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 3:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
“This court used to be a $3,000 lottery,” Justice Cheryl Johnson said in 2004. [read post]
27 Jun 2015, 9:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Court of Criminal Appeals relieved the OCW chief of his position recently (a fact which seemingly hasn't been reported anywhere, oddly). [read post]
29 Mar 2015, 4:22 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits finds it ironic that David Dow, a Houston appellate lawyer specializing in death penalty work, is claiming the Court of Criminal Appeals issued an illegal sanction against him by suspending his practice before the court for a year. [read post]