Courthouse News September 2017

 

September 26, 2017 – Harris County Assistant District Attorney Trent Dressen will be leaving the office after serving for one year and will become an assistant DA in Dallas County.  Trent is getting married this weekend to Ashley Alexander (pictured above) and it was easier for Trent to move to Dallas than for Ashley to move to Houston.  He begins work in Dallas on October 9th.  His comrades threw him a little going away party.   They were happy he was getting married!

Pictured back row left-right – Becky Marshall, Shanice Newton, Cheryl Brown, Trent Dressen, Cyndi Perez, Dana Fernandez-Gonzalez, Chandler Raine, Tyler White and Tara Parker.  Front row – Christine Lu and Leah Leal.   They were also very sad that he was leaving them!

 

September 20, 2017 – For all the “old dogs” out there: a reunion will be held October 1, 2017.  Good chance to catch up and talk about old times!

September 15, 2017

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney DAVID BRESTON for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1505099 -338th -Aggravated Robbery

September 14, 2017

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney JILL LANSDEN for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1517968 -176th – Burglary Habitation

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney CARLOS RODRIGUEZ for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1481755 -178th – Indecency with a Child 

September 13, 2017

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney FRANKLIN BYNUM for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 2161313 -CCL5 – Trespass

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney MICHAEL EDWARDS for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #s 2144868 and 2144869 -CCL8 – False Report to Officer and Discharge Firearm Metro Area 

     TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney ALAN MACIAS for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 2109921 – CCL16 –  Assault  

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney BROCK WHITE for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1540850 -177th – Possession of Controlled Substance  

       A well respected former Prosecutor, former Judge and Defense Attorney has been appointed to the vacant 232nd Criminal District Court.  Kristin Guiney will re-occupy the judicial bench to the delight of the members of the Harris County criminal justice family.   She was always a fair-minded and honorable jurist and we look forward to handling cases in her court once again.  Kristin was judge of the 179th from 2013 – 2016.

September 12, 2017

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney JIM MEDLEY for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 2114941 -CCL10 – DWI 

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney JOSEPH GAGLIARDI for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1547894 -185th – Robbery 

     TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney JOSEPH GAGLIARDI for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case # 1547893 – 185th –  Robbery  

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney DAVID YOON-LEE for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #s 2094447 and 2071085 -CCL2 – Assault Family Member  

  NOT GUILTY VERDICT   09/12/17

Congratulations to Defense Attorney WOODROW DIXON for a Not Guilty verdict in the 339th District Court – Cause #1473716

Sexual Assault

the charge – unlawfully intentionally and knowingly cause the penetration of the sexual organ of the complainant by placing the defendant’s sexual organ in the sexual organ of the complainant, without the consent of the complainant and the defendant knew the complainant was unconscious and physically unable to resist

Presiding Judge –  Ramona Franklin  

(Note:  The evidence and arguments for this case were completed on August 25, 2017 and the jury came back September 12, 2017 – after Hurricane Harvey – to complete their deliberations.)

September 11, 2017

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney ABIGAIL ANASTASIO for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #s 1522973-1522972 -230th – Aggravated Sexual Assault and Indecency with a Child 

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney NATHANIEL MUNIER for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #2141076 -CCL8 – Disorderly Conduct – Firearm 

     TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney MAVERICK RAY for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #2141842 – CCL14 –  Assault  

   TRIAL SETTING DISMISSAL – Great job Defense Attorney MARCO SAPIEN for earning a trial day dismissal for your client – Case #2151299 -CCL13 – Criminal Mischief – Class A

September 11, 2017 – HURRICANE HARVEY – The Harris County misdemeanor and felony courts were closed from August 26, 2017 to September 10, 2017 due to the devastating flooding of the Criminal Justice Center and Jury Assembly Room.  My hats off to all the judges, DAs, coordinators, court reporters, bailiffs, clerks, probation officers and other county employees for their exceptional work moving everything from the flooded Criminal Justice Center to multiple buildings within a couple block radius to create a criminal justice campus – all in one week.  All court dockets have resumed in temporary buildings and jury trials should resume sometime after September 25th.   Below is a breakdown of all the courts dockets.  Patience will be the key word.