Thursday, August 13, 2009

Will the real Pat Lykos stand up?

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Who knew Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos was down with Twitter. Here are a sampling of her tweets (and no, Mr. Anonymous, I had n...
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Sending a bad message

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I saw a very disturbing sign in the window of a convenience store last night on my way back to the office. It was advertising a drink called...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

My bad

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Contrary to the information relayed to me last night, Judge Don Jackson has NOT resigned. I offer my humblest apologies to anyone who was ha...

Harris County criminal judge resigns out of the blue

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The rumor mill is a-swirling down at 1201 Franklin with the sudden resignation of the Hon. Donald Jackson, the presiding judge of Harris Cou...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Court revives appeal filed after deadline

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed itself yesterday and revived a death row inmate's appeal that had been denied for being fil...

Harris County to ship inmates to other Texas counties

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The Houston Chronicle reported today that Harris County is on the verge of entering into an agreement with four other counties to house Har...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Just makes you want to say "hmmmm"

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The Tex Parte Blog is reporting that Grand County (Colorado) coroner is investigating the death of Texas attorney Mina Brees this weekend....
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Just because it ain't smart, don't make it illegal

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Washington, D.C. attorney Pepin Andrew Tuma was arrested last month for disorderly conduct after chanting "I hate the police." Mr...
Friday, August 7, 2009

More women being arrested for DWI

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According to statistics, the number of women being arrested for drunk driving increased more than 28% across the nation between 1998 and 20...

Remember to think before you post online

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The ABA Journal ran a story on its website yesterday about Galveston County District Judge Susan Criss and the dangers of Facebook and other...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Drunk driving case against Tarrant County judge dismissed

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Christmas came early for Tarrant County District Judge Elizabeth Berry when the Johnson County Attorney dismissed the charges of driving whi...
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One year and counting...

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One year ago today the first post appeared on this blog. Instead of introducing myself and my purpose in creating this blog I wrote about th...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

New appointment system for capital cases in Harris County

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A new day is dawning in Harris County when it comes to appointments in capital cases . On Tuesday, a panel of judges introduced a sweeping r...
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Another prosecutor leaves Lykos & Co.

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So yet another prosecutor in the Harris County DA's Office is exiting 1201 Franklin and entering the world of private practice. The late...
Monday, August 3, 2009

I wonder if ethics is in the syllabus

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Forty-five professors at Texas Tech have signed a petition protesting Chancellor Kent Hance's hiring of disgraced former Attorney Gener...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Pardon near for boxing great Jack Johnson

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This past week Congress took a big step in correcting a lingering wrong - a pardon for the first black man to hold the Heavyweight Champions...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Death of a bill

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In the most recent biennial session of the Texas Legislature, a bill commissioning an institute at Sam Houston State University (a school wi...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Other voices on Harris County's new DWI policy

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Here is some additional reading for y'all regarding the Harris County DA's new DIVERT program... Mark Bennett, in his blog Defending...
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More questions and concerns about the DIVERT program

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While I support the concept of pretrial diversion in DWI cases - the DIVERT plan unveiled by the Harris County District Attorney's Offic...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Harris County defense bar's reaction to the new DWI diversion program

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THE HARRIS COUNTY CRIMINAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S STATEMENT REGARDING THE NEW DWI DIVERSION PROGRAM The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Associ...

Harris County rolls out new coercive DWI program

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office informed members of the defense bar of the DA's new coercive DWI pretrial diversion pol...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Harris County pretrial diversion plan remains clouded in secrecy

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Last week the head honchos over at the Harris County District Attorney's Office had a sit-down with the judges in the misdemeanor courts...
Monday, July 27, 2009

"First the punishment, then the trial"

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On September 1, 2009, law enforcement officers in Texas won't have to worry about niceties such as the Fourth Amendment should a suspect...

What's the deal, Roger?

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NFL Commissioner (Judge, Jury and Executioner) Roger Goodell has spoken and Michael Vick has been (conditionally) reinstated to NFL-playerho...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Presumed innocent?

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I'm a defense attorney. I'm supposed to believe that we are all innocent unless proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. That'...
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