News in Brief by California: A series of racist and anti-Muslim posts on social media allegedly has ties to a private group of active and retired San Jose Police officers calling themselves 10-7ODSJ, a reference to the police code for “off duty,” mercurynews.com reports. In June 2020, four of them …
Fifth Circuit Clarifies How ‘Pronouncement Requirement’ Applies to Supervision Conditions by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit clarified how the requirement that a district court pronounce its sentence in the presence of the defendant applies to conditions of supervised release. After Rosie, …
News in Brief by California: The death of David Glen Ward of Petaluma was declared a homicide by the Marin County coroner in May 2020, followed by a lawsuit from David’s mother, Ernestine Ward, alleging wrongful death, excessive force and negligent supervision by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies. Leading up to …
TX State Auditor, Best Practices for Applying for an Occupational License After Conviction, 2020 Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA First Assistant State Auditor August 2020 Report No. 20-327 Applying for an Occupational License After Conviction or Deferred Adjudication Before Applying Flowchart After Applying Flowchart FAQs Exceptions Introduction As required …
Naming and Shaming - Violations of the Human Rights of Transgender Persons With Felonies in TX 2020 Naming and Shaming Violations of the Human Rights of Transgender Persons with Felonies in Texas NOVEMBER 2020 HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC THE UNIVERSITY of TEXAS SCHOOL of LAW Cover: Khara Woods/Unsplash, Jude Beck/Unsplash This …
TX Criminal Justice Coalition - Misunderstood and Mistreated 2020 ONE SIZE FAILS ALL REPORT SERIES MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISTREATED How Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Experience the Texas Criminal Legal System OCTOBER 2020 One Size Fails All: Misunderstood and Mistreated 1 TEXAS CRIMINAL JusT1cE coAuT10N The Arc. Texas This series …
TX - Dallas County - Securus contract - 2020-2025 RFP NUMBER 2019-064-6828 BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS AND SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC This Master Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between the Dallas County, Texas, ("County") a political subdivision of the State of Texas acting by and through the …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Failure to Include ‘Or Others’ in Jury Instruction for Self-Defense Against Multiple Assailants Deprived Defendant of Defense by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (“TCCA”) held on February 5, 2020, that the failure to include “or others with him [the …
News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …
Fifth Circuit: Defendant Lacked Culpability in Attempting to Export Ammunition by Merely Purchasing It by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court clearly erred in assigning a defendant a three-level enhancement for attempting to export ammunition when he …
Fifth Circuit Finds IAC for Failure to Object to Court’s Jury Instructions that Constructively Amended Indictment by Lowering Government’s Burden of Proof by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on March 31, 2020, that the district court’s constructive amendment to an …
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit’s Rule Barring Plain-Error Review of Unpreserved Factual Arguments by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In an opinion that amounted to just three paragraphs, the Supreme Court of the United States held on March 23, 2020, that the Fifth Circuit’s rule barring plain error review …
Letter from TX Attorney General re GEO contracts disclosure, 5-1-20 KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain information is subject …
Executive Order GA-13, TX, Bonds, 2020 GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT March 29, 2020 FLED IN ThE OFFE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE S 3° PM:YCLOCK The Honorable Ruth R. Hughs Secretary of State State Capitol Room 1E.8 Austin, Texas 78701 Secretary of State Dear Secretary Hughs: Pursuant to his powers as …
Life Sentence for Murder Overturned by New DNA Technology by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. After nearly 10 years behind bars, Lydell Grant, now 42, is on his way to being exonerated after the highest criminal appellate court in Texas vacated his conviction following its review of revised …
Expert’s Burn-Pattern Conclusions Flawed by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The admission of expert opinion based on science is powerful evidence that is supposed to assist the jury in determining the truth surrounding an event. When a flawed opinion comes into play, the scales of justice become tilted. …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces New Test in Comparing Out-of-State Priors for Sentence Enhancement for Repeat Sex Offenders by Michael Berk by Michael Berk The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals announced a new test for determining whether a prior out-of-state conviction is “substantially similar” to enumerated Texas offenses for …
Lies by Former Houston Cop Facing Murder Charge Might Affect Over 14,000 Cases by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Texas judge, Ramona Franklin, declared Otis Mallet “actually innocent” of selling crack cocaine to a Houston police officer, saying “What a miscarriage of justice we have all witnessed …
Carillo v. Buendia, TX, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00028 Document 1 Filed on 01/28/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION ARMANDO CARRILLO, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of DANIEL EMILIO CARRILLO, deceased, …
Texas Civil Rights Project: Torture by Another Name - Solitary Confinement in Texas, 2019 Torture By Another Name Solitary Confinement in Texas OCTOBER 2019 Author: MEAGAN HARDING Senior Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Contributor: PETER STEFFENSEN Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Acknowledgements We would like to thank all …
