Showing posts with label Houston municipal courts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Houston municipal courts. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Petty tyranny

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I was in municipal court the other day for a client who had a commercial driver's license and had received a speeding ticket. My client ...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

HPD's dirty little ticket secret

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We all know that it's hard to win in traffic court. The officer has his shiny gadget that tells him how fast you may or may not have bee...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Predicting the future

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Last week the Houston Chronicle ran a heartwarming story of how the City of Houston Municipal Courts were giving folks a few extra days to t...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Is this thing on?

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Would you try a DWI case without a court reporter? What about an assault case? A dope case? A burglary case? Would you even consider tryin...
Friday, October 8, 2010

How many prosecutors does it take to... ?

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A table full of "volunteer" prosecutors in the City of Houston Municipal Court. That's right, an entire army of prosecutors i...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Collapsing under its own weight

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The City of Houston Municipal Courts handled 1.2 million cases in 2009. Of those 1.2 million cases, defendants requested jury trials in 415,...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Who's burden is it?

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Memo to: Mayor Annise Parker and City Attorney David Feldman From: Paul B. Kennedy Date: 7/29/2010 I'm not sure if y'all realize...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

What's next? Waterboarding?

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So you think sitting on the wooden benches at the City of Houston Municipal Courthouse is a long, painful experience now -- it just got long...