ShowMeTheJustice – October 29, 2019

FEATURING:  Defense Attorney Andre Ligon, Defense Attorney Brennen Dunn, Defense Attorney Eric Benavides, Defense Attorney Jack Carroll, Defense Attorney Jonathan Gluckman, Defense Attorney Jordan Lewis, Defense Attorney Kelly Joseph, Defense Attorney Lonnie Knowles, Defense Attorney Lucio Montes, Defense Attorney Michael Renfro, Public Defender Nicholas Smith, Defense Attorney Patrick Ruzzo, Defense Attorney Renee Thomason, Public Defender Sarah Mueller, Defense Attorney Sean Darvishi, Public Defender Te’iva Bell, Public Defender Tolu Nelms

 

 

 

 

MURDER – 1451940 – 209th – Prosecutors Nathan Moss and Catherine Johnson; Defense Attorney – PRO SE (with Defense Attorneys Casey Garrett and Charles Hinton standing by) (12th floor Civil) judge Brian Warren presiding HOUSTON CHRONICLE

AGGRAVATED ROBBERY – 1574465 – 179th – Prosecutors George Lindsey and Jason Sanchez;  Public Defenders Damon Parrish and Natalie Ware (16th floor CJC) judge Denise Collins presiding ( first trial with this defendant on another AGG ROBBERY charge resulted in a NOT GUILTY on July 24, 2019)

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS – 1594160 – 1594161 – 337th – Prosecutor Hunter Brown;  Defense Attorney Lott Brooks (16th floor CJC) judge Vanessa Velasquez presiding

ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER – 1595747 – 208th – Prosecutor Amanda Nicodem;  Defense Attorney Gilbert Rodriguez (16th floor CJC) judge Belinda Hill presiding

 

 

Congratulations to Public Defender Nicholas Smith for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 2272269 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 2 for the offense of Assault Family Member (presiding judge Sherman Ross) co-counsel Sarah Mueller

Good job Nicholas!

 

Congratulations to Public Defender Sarah Mueller for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 2272269 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 2 for the offense of Assault Family Member (presiding judge Sherman Ross) co-counsel Nicholas Smith

Good job Sarah!

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Jordan Lewis for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 2232151 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 5 for the offense of DWI (presiding judge David Fleischer)

Good job Jordan!

The following cases are felony – including RIC (links and PC issues) – and all trial setting dismissals derived from the Harris County District Clerk’s website – dockets tab. I examine each dismissal form before posting, post only those defendants who are free of charges (exceptions apply) and for which I have an attorney photo.

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Lonnie Knowles for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2220516 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of

Driving While Intoxicated

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Brennen Dunn for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2267987 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Kelly Joseph for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2248504 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 13 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Eric Benavides for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1635789 out of the 179th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Lucio Montes for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2213960 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 9 for the offense of

Trespass

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorneys Andre Ligon (left) and Jack Carroll for earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1509161 out of the 180th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Possession of a Controlled Substance

 

 

Congratulations to Public Defender Te’iva Bell for earning trial setting felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1597901 – 1597902 out of the 180th Criminal District Court for the offenses of

Compelling Prostitution by Force and Assault Family Member

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Renee Thomason for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1642478 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Forgery

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Sean Darvishi for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2236976 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 10 for the offense of

Driving While Intoxicated

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Michael Renfro for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1649305 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault Family Member

 

 

Congratulations to Public Defender Tolu Nelms for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1617872 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Jonathan Gluckman for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1602419 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault

 

 

Congratulations to Defense Attorney Patrick Ruzzo for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1638535 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Retaliation

Note: All spreadsheets, standings, charts, graphs, compilations are NOT 100% accurate and should not be relied upon as authoritative information.

*Special Felonies – Excludes certain felony dismissals – see “The Making of this Blog – What Goes into It” for the exceptions

Number of trials performed by each judge from January 1, 2019 – October 29, 2019 (Includes verdicts, in-trial pleas, in-trial dismissals and hung juries. Trial = jury picked) Source: My personal observations of trials in the courthouse and use of the District Clerk’s website online services

 

 

 

 

2018 FINAL “JUDGES TRIAL STATISTICS”

 

 

The number of FAVORABLE VERDICTS by the Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys through October 29, 2019

 

 

2018 FINAL “TRIAL STANDINGS”

 

ALL VERDICTS from February 1, 2017 – October 29, 2019 (for personal use ONLY)

 

January 1, 2018 – October 28, 2019

A Compilation of Not Guilty Verdicts, Mid-Trial Dismissals, Trial-Setting Dismissals and *Special Felony Dismissals (exceptions apply) -For personal use ONLY

(Source: Harris County District Clerk’s Online Services – CrimDisposMonthly spreadsheet – eliminated dismissals when convicted of another charge or case refiled. Does not include attorneys whose names do not appear as attorney of record on clerk’s spreadsheet)

 

 

 

 

“COMMISSIONER WANTS TO RENAME CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE“

“Harris County leaders are eager to establish a permanent memorial to honor the sheriff’s deputy killed during a traffic stop last month, whose death shook the Houston area’s small but vibrant Sikh community.

A proposal by Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia to rename the downtown criminal courthouse after Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, however, so far has failed to gain widespread support. Commissioners Court will consider the measure Tuesday.” Story by Zach Despart

“OFFICIALS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT BAIL BOND RESOLUTION“

“Dianna Williams has witnessed the “collateral damage” of jailing on the fabric of a family. The 61-year-old criminal justice advocate told a federal judge Monday that for generations, her relatives lived paycheck to paycheck and could not afford cash bail when her father and then her brother and her son were held pretrial on low level drug charges.” Story by Gabrielle Banks