FEATURED COURTROOM WINNERS: Public Defender Amalia Beckner, Defense Attorney Austen Hobbs, Defense Attorney Charles Medlin, Defense Attorney David Rushing, Defense Attorney Dwayne Simpson, Defense Attorney Eddie Cortes, Defense Attorney Eddrea McKnight, Defense Attorney Erik Nelson, Defense Attorney Feroz Merchant, Defense Attorney James Pons, Defense Attorney Johnny Tipton, Defense Attorney Juan Aguirre, Defense Attorney Juan Guerra, Defense Attorney Julio Vela, Defense Attorney Kate Ferrell, Defense Attorney Kenneth McCoy, Defense Attorney Lisa Shapiro Strauss, Defense Attorney Lourdes Rodriguez, Defense Attorney Marcos Adrogue, Defense Attorney Patty Segura, Defense Attorney Shahin Zamir, Defense Attorney Tiffany Hill, Defense Attorney Timothy Donahue, Defense Attorney Todd Ward
No Verdicts – Season On Hold (March 16th – August 31st)
Current Plan: Trial jurors will be congregated at NRG Arena on or near September 1, 2020 and jury selection will take place at NRG. Parking will be free for all participants (lawyers, jurors, clerks). Once the jury is selected the trial itself will be held the next working day at the criminal courthouse. Criminal jury trials will take precedence over civil jury trials. They will have pre-screening at the NRG door and masks will be mandatory to enter. (Judges have discretion on the masks once jurors are within their voir dire space.) These plans are tentative depending on spike of COVID cases. Also, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association has reservations about the above process since they were excluded from any and all input.
FOR THE TRIAL STANDINGS, JUDGE STANDINGS, TRIAL STATISTICS AND MORE PRIOR TO MARCH 16TH GO TO JUNE 26TH BLOG POSTING
The following cases are felony and misdemeanor trial setting dismissals derived from the Harris County District Clerk’s website – online services > public data sets > crimdisposdaily. (2 work days later) 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. ric court dismissals are posted only if legal issues were cited.
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Marcos Adrogue for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1627125 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Feroz Merchant for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1669425 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Kenneth McCoy for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1667892 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Burglary with Intent to Commit a Felony
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Charles Medlin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1669029 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Lourdes Rodriguez for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1629784 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Tiffany Hill for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1624386 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Child Abandonment
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Tiffany Hill for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2166371 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 7 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney James Pons for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1637817 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Child Endangerment
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eddrea McKnight for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1663334 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Criminal Mischief $2500 – $30K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eddrea McKnight for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1663314 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Credit Card Abuse
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney David Rushing for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1676883 out of the 263rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Injury to the Elderly
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Amalia Beckner for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1569096 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Invasive Visual Recording
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Erik Nelson for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1603376 – 1603378 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Tampering with a Government Record
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eddie Cortes for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2265972 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of
Criminal Mischief $100 – $750
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Juan Aguirre for earning trial setting dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 2264080 – 2253186 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 6 for the offenses of
Assault and Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Kate Ferrell for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2237085 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 6 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Juan Guerra for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1486417 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $1500 – $20K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Juan Guerra for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1642956 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Timothy Donahue for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1640675 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Austen Hobbs for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1651361 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Felon in Possession of a Weapon
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Todd Ward for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1679727 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Shahin Zamir for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1650285 out of the 263rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Julio Vela for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1667870 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Peace Officer
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Johnny Tipton for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1606780 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Dwayne Simpson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1633293 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft >$300K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Lisa Shapiro Strauss for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1659858 out of the 262nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Burglary of a Building with Intent to Commit a Felony
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Patty Segura for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1659360 out of the 263rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated – 3rd Offense
Note: The following spreadsheets, standings, charts, graphs and 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
ALL VERDICTS by ATTORNEY last name – (OVER 1,800 TRIAL VERDICTS) from February 1, 2017 – July 20, 2020 from the Harris County Criminal Courthouse (for personal use ONLY) – some verdicts are listed more than once because each co-counsel gets their own listing
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January 1, 2018 – July 17, 2020 – OVER 9,700 CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER SUCCESS STORIES
A Compilation of Not Guilty Verdicts, Mid-Trial Dismissals, Trial-Setting Dismissals and *Special Felony Dismissals (exceptions apply) from the Harris County Criminal Courthouse -For personal use ONLY
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(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. Attorneys above are mostly court appointed)
Former Prosecutor and Veteran Criminal Defense Attorney Murray Newman has been publishing a blog about the inner workings of the Harris County Criminal Courthouse for over 10 years. His insight and experience on the subject is among the best in Houston. I have a lot of respect for Murray and his blog inspired me to create my site – Show Me The Justice! For his personal views of Life at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse click the link below
LIFE AT THE HARRIS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER
Veteran Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Pelton has started an online CLE class in lieu of his every Wednesday in person class. It will be conducted each Wednesday from 12pm-1pm. You can earn 1 hour CLE by attending. The course number is given at the end of the class. You will have to download the GoToMeeting App on your computer or phone. The class is FREE at this time, but a fee will be charged for the classes down the road. If you want to get on Robert’s mass email list with Wednesday seminar updates mail to rpeltonlawyer1@aol.com and tell him Show Me The Justice sent you.
You can join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337340109
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (312) 757-3121
Access Code: 337-340-109
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GREAT CHANNEL TO WATCH LIVE COURT PROCEEDINGS AROUND TEXAS! CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS. Click on the YouTube photo and learn – look for the LIVE NOW indicators where it says WATCH NOW! txcourts.gov
ALL CRIMINAL COURTS ARE NOW BACK AT THE CJC
Here is the list of floors and docket times
Are you interested in moving some criminal cases? Go to a client’s file and login the the DA Defense Portal. On the page you can find the DA in charge of the case AND you can find the CURRENT roster of DAs in their current courts. Let’s start moving some cases!!
Check out nice-guy Assistant District Clerk Shavaris Kennedy and his new YouTube Channel! You will see Shavaris around the courthouse in the misdemeanor courts.