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Show Me The Justice congratulates: Defense Attorney Brian Benken, Defense Attorney Charles Brown, Defense Attorney Chip Lewis, Public Defender Colin Amann, Defense Attorney Danny Werlinger, Defense Attorney Emily Shelton, Defense Attorney Gregory Hardmon, Public Defender Jennifer Gaut, Defense Attorney Jimmy Butler, Public Defender Jisha Jaganathan (Verdict), Defense Attorney Joaquin Jimenez, Defense Attorney Kelly Benavides, Defense Attorney Kenneth McCoy, Defense Attorney Kenneth Mingledorff, Defense Attorney Mark Thiessen, Defense Attorney Mekisha Walker, Defense Attorney Melissa Dickson, Defense Attorney Mike Stone, Defense Attorney Nicole DeBorde, Defense Attorney Omotayo Lawal, Defense Attorney Patti Sedita, Defense Attorney Paula Goodhart, Defense Attorney Stanley Broussard, Defense Attorney Steven Harris, Defense Attorney Tiffany Hill, Defense Attorney Tom Radosevich, Public Defender Vafa Jasemi Zergani (Verdict)
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February 24, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Public Defender Jisha Jaganathan for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 1708317 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
(presiding judge Hilary Unger – jury trial) co-counsel Vafa Jasemi Zergani
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February 24, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Public Defender Vafa Jasemi Zergani for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 1708317 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
(presiding judge Hilary Unger – jury trial) co-counsel Jisha Jaganathan
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February 24, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Prosecutor Kasie Herring for earning a Guilty Verdict for the State of Texas in Cause Number 2314301 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 10 for the offense of
Cruelty to Animals – Sentence: 2 Years Probation
(presiding judge Lee Wilson – jury trial – court reporter Shannon Simmons)
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February 24, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Defense Attorney Matthew Mateer for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 2300294 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 10 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated
(presiding judge Natalie Fleming – jury trial) co-counsel Daniel Krause
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February 24, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Defense Attorney Daniel Krause for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Number 2300294 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 10 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated
(presiding judge Natalie Fleming – jury trial) co-counsel Matthew Mateer
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February 23, 2022 – Show Me The Justice Congratulations to Prosecutor Natalia Leon for earning a Guilty Verdict for the State of Texas in Cause Number 1620506 out of the 482nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft >$300K – Sentence: 10 Years in Prison Probated for 5 Years + 90 Days in Jail
(presiding judge Maritza Antu – jury trial)
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[su_heading size=”37″ margin=”100″]SCOREBOARD[/su_heading]
[su_heading size=”37″ margin=”100″]DISMISSALS[/su_heading]
The following cases are some carefully chosen felony and misdemeanor dismissals derived from the Harris County District Clerk’s website – dockets tab – with emphasis on some new faces, variety, difficulty of cases, uncommon charges and trial setting dismissals – I select 25 out of around 250 dismissals posted each day – i only post cases when i have a lawyer photo – hard earned dismissal? let me know. lawyer submissions welcome!
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Kelly Benavides for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1681607 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 recognizes Defense Attorney Mike Stone for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1665044 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Credit Card Abuse
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Tiffany Hill for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1707133 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Continuous Violence Against the Family
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Mark Thiessen for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1735456 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated – 3rd Offense
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Steven Harris for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1729963 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Danny Werlinger for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1484252 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Murder
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Melissa Dickson for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1691165 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Failure to Comply as a Sex Offender
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Patti Sedita for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1628562 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Kenneth McCoy for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1628564 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Colin Amann for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1750853 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Nicole DeBorde for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1694132 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Stalking
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Stanley Broussard for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1684840 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Jennifer Gaut for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1748694 out of the 262nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Brian Benken for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1755048 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Felon in Possession of a Weapon
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Tom Radosevich for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1629491 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Robbery
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Emily Shelton for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1702362 out of the 183rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $2500 – $30K
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Kenneth Mingledorff for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1569961 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Possession of Child Pornography
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Omotayo Lawal for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1635561 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $2500 – $30K
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Paula Goodhart (with the assistance of Defense Attorney Peyton Peebles) for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1680894 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Misapplication of Fiduciary Property $2500 – $30K
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Charles Brown for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1658219 out of the 339th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Police Officer
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Chip Lewis for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1703254 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Felon in Possession of a Weapon
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Joaquin Jimenez for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1654292 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Fraudulent Use of IDs
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Mekisha Walker for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2336908 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of
Assault Family Member
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jimmy Butler for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2334361 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 15 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated – 2nd Offense
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Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Gregory Hardmon for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2323077 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 13 for the offense of
Driving While Intoxicated
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[su_heading size=”33″ margin=”100″] MISDEMEANOR DISMISSALS JANUARY 2022[/su_heading]
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[/su_frame] Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney MARCOS ADROGUE AND HIS FIRM for earning the MOST misdemeanor dismissals for the month of January 2022! (Sorry if I missed some female attorneys whose name is not consolidated by the clerk due to a name change)
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(Source: Harris County District Clerk’s Online Services – CrimDisposMonthly spreadsheet – dismissals when convicted of another charge or case refiled is usually excluded but the District Clerk’s website is not functioning as normal. Does not include attorneys whose names do not appear as attorney of record on clerk’s spreadsheet. Attorneys above are mostly court appointed. Sorry if I miss some female attorneys who show up under different names)
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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.
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ALL VERDICTS by ATTORNEY last name – (OVER 2,200 TRIAL VERDICTS) starting February 1, 2017 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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Trials consist of a jury selected or a court trial initiated. (Trials by visiting judges are not included – see above “Judges in Trial” for that information)
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[su_heading size=”37″ margin=”100″]Misdemeanor Judges[/su_heading]
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TRIAL WIN LEADERS from the Harris County Criminal Courthouse (February 7, 2017 – February 25, 2022). Congratulations to these fine Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys for earning verdicts for the state and your clients over the last 5+ years! Note: Trial wins consist of trial verdicts – sometimes more than 1 verdict per trial – 10 wins minimum for Prosecutors and 4 wins minimum for Defense Attorneys (Source: Show Me The Justice “Lawyers in Trial” Spreadsheet)
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[su_heading size=”30″ margin=”100″]Defense Verdicts[/su_heading]
.* Matt Perez went from 5 to 8 because I had him under Matt and Matthew on my spreadsheet and did not consolidate them until February 11, 2022.
Have you been charged with a crime in Harris County? Check out our list of attorneys with OVER 13,000 CRIMINAL DEFENSE SUCCESS STORIES from January 1, 2018 – April 14, 2021
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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2018 – 2019 FINAL STANDINGS for TRIALS
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Great tips from the Harris County Court Reporters! I interviewed 12 of some of the best court reporters working the Harris County Criminal Courts and got their “inside information” on how jurors, lawyers, witnesses and judges can improve in trial to make it easier for the court reporter to take down ALL the information required of them for an excellent record.
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The following are candidates who have filed for the Democratic and Republican March primary. Source: Life at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse
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