FEATURED COURTROOM WINNERS: Defense Attorney Adam Muldrow, Defense Attorney Alejandro Macias, Defense Attorney Bill Stradley, Defense Attorney Brandon Leonard, Defense Attorney Bret Kisluk, Defense Attorney Brian Benken, Defense Attorney Chris Ainsworth, Defense Attorney Christopher Gore, Defense Attorney Diana Sims, Defense Attorney Ed Chernoff, Public Defender Eugene Hong, Defense Attorney Jill Lansden, Defense Attorney Jonathan Frank, Defense Attorney Kim Abbey, Defense Attorney Lisa Andrews Alpe, Defense Attorney Mark Lipkin, Defense Attorney Michael Nassif, Defense Attorney Michelle Beck, Public Defender Mona Kermani, Defense Attorney Peyton Peebles, Defense Attorney Samuel Cammack III, Defense Attorney Stanley Broussard, Defense Attorney Thomas Martin, Defense Attorney Val Zuniga
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 Public Defender Mona Kermani for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1658171 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Eugene Hong for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1687481 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Credit Card Abuse
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Christopher Gore for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1622119 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Jonathan Frank for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1661511 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated – 3rd Offense
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Ed Chernoff for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1564056 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Samuel Cammack III for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1661833 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Pregnant Person
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Brian Benken for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1688489 – 1688490 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Aggravated Assault Family Member and Burglary of a Habitation
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Michelle Beck for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1666538 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Lisa Andrews Alpe for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1621611 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Arson
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Chris Ainsworth for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1611147 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Tampering with a Government Record
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Alejandro Macias for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2289216 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 14 for the offense of
Terroristic Threat
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Val Zuniga for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1166330 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $1500 – $20K
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Bill Stradley for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1648644 – 1648645 out of the 339th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Diana Sims for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1587541 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Diana Sims for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1622409 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Sexual Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Peyton Peebles for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1617643 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Tampering with a Record
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Michael Nassif for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1660119 – 1660120 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Violating a Protective Order and Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Adam Muldrow for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1639686 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Retaliation
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Thomas Martin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1598751 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mark Lipkin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1632549 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Brandon Leonard for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1612236 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Failure to Stop and Render Aid
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Jill Lansden for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1671310 out of the 174th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Bret Kisluk for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1658348 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Stanley Broussard for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1677084 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Forgery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Kim Abbey for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1688774 out of the Reintegration Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of a Controlled Substance
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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 8, 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 – September 8, 2020 – OVER 10,400 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
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!
