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12 May 2011, 9:18 am
Golding, out of the First Court of Appeals today, is an appeal from the granting of a Padilla writ by the best damn judge in the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, our friend Larry Standley. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 11:12 am
Assessed per-capita fines and fees in Travis County were $32.30 in Travis County, compared to $12.30 in El Paso, $8 in Santa Fe, and $4 in Miami-Dade County. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 11:00 am
She is the president of the board of directors of the Children’s Advocacy Center for Rockwall County. [read post]
28 Nov 2010, 11:02 am
The attitude of the local sheriff is reflected in his interview by the El Paso Times after the famous singer's bus was searched: . [read post]
26 Oct 2008, 11:30 am
In Harris County, according to our pal at the blog Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, the arresting officer must phone the on-call Assistant DA, describe the incident and get agreement about the proposed charge up front, which prevents jailing people who will never charged.When El Paso began using the DIMS system, said Esparza, the county jail was so crowded that officers were in many cases forced to give summons… [read post]
12 Mar 2016, 8:50 am
Texas death row inmate Rigoberto Avila will get another chance to prove to an El Paso court what he’s been saying since 2000: that he did not kill the 19-month-old son of his girlfriend and that the child’s death was a tragic accident.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed this week that scientific developments Avila presented would contradict evidence El Paso County prosecutors used to obtain his… [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 3:14 pm
Hernandez said she is upholding constitutional rights to due process for people in the criminal justice system. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 3:14 pm
Hernandez said she is upholding constitutional rights to due process for people in the criminal justice system. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 1:41 pm
In their e-newsletter this week, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition provided links to presentation materials from a conference I attended last week on indigent defense. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 10:20 am
Gary Larcenaire, executive director of El Paso Mental Health Mental Retardation, said in a phone interview that prisons have become de facto treatment centers for drug addicts. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 7:30 am
The newspapers found that medical examiner reports in Harris, Travis, Dallas, Tarrant and El Paso counties, as well as some smaller counties, attribute many more deaths to prescription drug overdoses than the state has counted in opioid overdoses. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 5:55 am
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (Legal brief in opposition to Florida’s application of strict criminal liability (lack of any intent element) in its Controlled Substances Act) The Right Prescription for the Mentally Ill in the Texas Corrections System by Marc Levin (Presentation to 4th Annual El Paso County Mental Health Law Conference) Thinking Outside the Cell: A Roadmap to More Cost-Effective Corrections by Marc Levin (Presentation to Texas… [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 3:37 pm
So many county officials want that authority I'm a bit surprised it hasn't happened already.The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition sent policy analyst Sarah Carswell to testify. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:26 am
With 614 contract prisoners compared to just 90 parolees, El Paso's full jail is volitional; ditto for Fannin. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
Rosemary was my second choice, and I think she's the superior choice of the two in the runoff, but Montford is a strong candidate who's been talking a good game about reform.Harris County District Attorney: Kelly Siegler and Pat Lykos will face off in the GOP primary runoff, which should leave our pal over at Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in an absolute tizzy for the next month. [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 6:15 am
Indeed, according to our pal at the blog Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, an officer must phone the on-call Assistant DA assigned to intake, describe the incident and get agreement about the proposed charge up front before even making an arrest. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 10:30 am
Texas State Senator Jose Rodriguez represents District 29 which includes the counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Presidio. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:37 pm
She's been running the day-to-day lawyering in Earle's office for many years, now, so it should be a smooth transition.You're fired, againSpeaking of DAs, incoming Harris County DA Pat Lykos could have been little classier about ousting already-fired ADA Murray Newman - he of Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center notoriety - for writing a (mean-spirited) Christmas spoof of his new boss on his way out the door. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 12:11 pm
Another legal first in 2021, El Paso lawyer Sylvia Borunda Firth became the first Latina to become president of the State Bar of Texas. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 4:20 pm
Now that the federal FY 2010 has come and gone, here's an account of grants given to Texas recipients in the last year from the National Institute of Justice, compiled from this source:City of Austin, Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program: $182,097 Houston PD Crime Lab, Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program: $1,143,339 Bexar County, Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program: $127,119 State of Texas, Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program: $2,401320 Tarrant County,… [read post]
