FEATURED COURTROOM WINNERS: Defense Attorney Abbie Russell, Defense Attorney Allie Booker, Defense Attorney Brett Podolsky, Defense Attorney Bryan Acklin, Defense Attorney Charley Davidson, Defense Attorney Cheryl Irvin, Defense Attorney David Paz, Defense Attorney Denise Crawford, Defense Attorney Eddie Cortes, Defense Attorney Eddrea McKnight, Defense Attorney Ericon Garza, Public Defender Helen Simotas, Defense Attorney Inger Chandler, Defense Attorney Joe Garcia, Defense Attorney Kim Abbey, Defense Attorney Lori Botello Christenson, Defense Attorney Maritza Antu, Defense Attorney Martina Longoria, Defense Attorney Paria Rafiee, Defense Attorney Sean McAlister, Defense Attorney Stephen Aslett, Defense Attorney Thomas Ross, Defense Attorney Todd Ward, Defense Attorney Ty Brock
No Verdicts – Season On Hold (March 16th – October 1st)
Current Plan: Trial jurors will be congregated at NRG Arena on or near October 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.
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 Ericon Garza for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1598748 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Evading Arrest with a Vehicle
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Charley Davidson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1669583 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Denise Crawford for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1684711 out of the Reintegration Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eddie Cortes for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1652502 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Ty Brock for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1671467 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Brett Podolsky for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1671768 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Injury to the Elderly
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Lori Botello Christenson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1672874 out of the 180th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Terroristic Threat
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Stephen Aslett for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1640544 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Compelling Prostitution by Force
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Maritza Antu for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1665622 out of the Reintegration Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Bryan Acklin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1648769 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Helen Simotas for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2269932 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Todd Ward for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1659949 – 1659950 – 1659951 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Aggravated Assault, Felon in Possession of a Weapon and Evading Arrest with a Prior Evading
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Thomas Ross for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1640438 – 1640439 – 1640440 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Intoxication Manslaughter with a Vehicle and Intoxication Assault with a Vehicle
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Paria Rafiee for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1632582 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Sean McAlister for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1652237 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney David Paz for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1636489 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Abbie Russell for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1676985 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Peace Officer
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eddrea McKnight for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1661872 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Public Servant
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Cheryl Irvin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1608390 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Kim Abbey for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1676595 out of the Reintegration Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Allie Booker for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1636339 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Joe Garcia for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1567699 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Martina Longoria for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1663187 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Inger Chandler for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1676004 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated – 3rd Offense
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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 – August 13, 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
FOR JUDGE, PROSECUTOR AND DEFENSE TRIAL STANDINGS GO TO AUGUST 10, 2020 FOR EARLY YEAR INTERRUPTED RESULTS
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January 1, 2018 – August 11, 2020 – OVER 10,000 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
August 1, 2020 – The above spreadsheet contains the names of a couple thousand defense attorneys earning nearly 10,000 not guilty verdicts, in-trial dismissals, trial setting dismissals and felony dismissals since January 2018. Great job to all on the list! Congratulations to the below listed attorneys for being the MOST MENTIONED attorneys on this spreadsheet for the combination of 1) Not Guilty Verdicts 2) In-Trial Dismissals 3) Trial Setting Dismissals and 4) Felony Dismissals! (Note: This is not an endorsement or acknowledgment of the best defense attorneys in Houston)
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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
CRIMINAL LAW INSTITUTE, INC. – Veteran Criminal Defense Attorneys Robert Pelton (pictured right), Joe Pelton and Former Congressman and District Court Judge Ted Poe (pictured left) have an online CLE class that is conducted each week in lieu of their in person class that Robert Pelton and Jim Skelton conducted for years at the Harris County Courthouse.
It is held every Wednesday from 12pm-1pm. You can earn 1 hour CLE by attending. No registration is required. The course number is given at the end of the class. You will have to download the GoToMeeting App on your computer or phone, then just click the link below at noon on a Wednesday.
The class is FREE at this time (average 1-hour Texas State Bar CLE class is $50), but a donation for their time, effort and expense is welcome. Checks made out to: Robert Pelton 4001 N. Shepherd Dr. Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77018.
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 at:
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
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/293655421
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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!!
Catch all the newest updates, trial tips, important defense information, office tidbits and much more in the Harris County Public Defenders newsletter headed by Chief Public Defender Alex Bunin.
My friend and excellent Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Grant Scheiner is now president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Check out their website
Congratulations to Prosecutor Andrew Figliuzzi’s dad Frank Figliuzzi for publishing his first book about his experiences with the FBI! To find out more information about his book click on this link
Congratulations to Prosecutor Jay Gordon’s mom Sue Gordon on an exemplary career in the United States Office of Director of National Intelligence as the second highest official in the agency! She was slated to become the acting director of national intelligence. Her career spanned 40 years. Check out her story at this link
