Showing posts with label deferred adjudication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deferred adjudication. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Diverting from the law

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According to the Houston Chronicle, the Harris County DA's DIVERT program is the greatest thing since sliced bread when it comes to dea...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Word games

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There is one other little problem with HB 189 that I neglected to address in my last post  on the topic. In Texas, two prior DWI convictions...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

What I would change about HB 189

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Today Grits for Breakfast  asked what changes I would like to see in HB 189 . Here goes. I support the idea of making deferred adjudicatio...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A closer look at HB 189

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Proponents of HB 189 , which would allow for deferred adjudication in DWI cases, are not supporting the bill our of the goodness of their he...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Bill introduced that would end ban on deferred adjudication for DWI's

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A bill has been introduced in the Texas Legislature to allow courts to place motorists accused of driving while intoxicated on deferred adj...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Sometimes the cure can be worse than the ailment

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The powers of the government of the State of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a se...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Law and order: Rockport

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I was down in scenic Rockport yesterday handling an appeal of a case involving the holder of a CDL. Due to the infinite wisdom of our state...
Monday, November 23, 2009

DIVERT = deferred adjudication

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I overheard a little pow-wow with the prosecutor, defendant and defense counsel on a DWI case in Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 o...
Monday, September 14, 2009

New DWI program sounds more and more like deferred adjudication

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So you still think Harris County's new DIVERT program for first-time DWI defendants is really a pretrial diversion and not deferred adju...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

A sensible DWI policy in Harris County

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Today Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos announced a new DWI strategy by which first-time DWI defendants will be eligible for pretri...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Proposed legislation would protect teachers' criminal history information

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A bill before the Texas House of Representatives would prevent a public school employee's criminal record from being made public.  Sena...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Out of whack

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You can get deferred adjudication for murder, rape and burglary in the State of Texas -- but not for the heinous offense of driving while in...