FEATURED COURTROOM WINNERS: Defense Attorney Akilah Bacy, Defense Attorney Alexis Bruegger, Defense Attorney Angelica Chavez, Public Defender Ashley Guice, Defense Attorney Austen Hobbs, Defense Attorney Bryan Acklin, Defense Attorney Bryan Savoy, Public Defender Damon Parrish, Defense Attorney Equator Turner, Defense Attorney Ernesto Arredondo, Defense Attorney Harris Wood, Defense Attorney Jed Silverman, Defense Attorney Jimmy Ortiz, Defense Attorney Joel Salazar, Defense Attorney John Petruzzi, Defense Attorney Katie Wilson, Defense Attorney Mark Thering, Defense Attorney Mary Conn, Defense Attorney Nicole Deborde, Defense Attorney Patrick Ruzzo, Defense Attorney Stanley Schneider, Defense Attorney Val Zuniga, Defense Attorney Vik Vij, Defense Attorney William Van Buren
Jury Trial 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. 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.
Thanks to Court Reporter Tiffani June-Yeates of County Criminal Court at Law Number 2 we have an inside look at the NRG Arena where jury selection will commence very soon. She took a series of 11 short videos that were combined into a 6-minute video to give you an idea of the new experience the judges, lawyers, defendants, jurors, bailiffs, court reporters and other court personnel will encounter. Thank you for sharing, Tiffani!!
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 Katie Wilson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1682925 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Val Zuniga for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1664600 out of the 179th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Vik Vij for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1652282 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney William Van Buren for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1674410 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $2500 – $30K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mark Thering for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1672010 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Indecency with a Child
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Stanley Schneider for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1651326 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Patrick Ruzzo for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1626485 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Austen Hobbs for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1668156 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Ashley Guice for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1600301 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Nicole Deborde for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1607948 out of the 179th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Violation of the Lottery Act
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mary Conn for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1651308 out of the 262nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Angelica Chavez for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1631293 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Alexis Bruegger for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1677438 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Akilah Bacy for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1629994 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Ernesto Arredondo for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1653425 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Criminal Mischief $2500 – $30K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Bryan Acklin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1662136 out of the 228th 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 1674671 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Harris Wood for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1639062 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Equator Turner for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1678557 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Jed Silverman for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1605478 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Bryan Savoy for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1659502 out of the 339th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Public Servant
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Joel Salazar for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1617825 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney John Petruzzi for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1650703 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Damon Parrish for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1658527 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Peace Officer
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Jimmy Ortiz for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1679169 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
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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 – September 2, 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 – September 2, 2020 – OVER 10,300 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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Through 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 the Mental Health Experts – Harris County Prosecutors Jeff Matovich, Bradford Crockard, Erica Robinson Winsor and Gilbert Sawtelle – for publishing your manual “Mental Health Law for Prosecutors” A wealth of knowledge between these four fine prosecutors!
