E-Mail # 1 dated May 5th — Me to Prosecutors, CLO and Court Coordinator: Hello. My client is on the docket for a (6 month) PTI completion on May 16th. I believe she is in full compliance. Would it be
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The 2022 Primary Elections
It’s hard to believe that we’re already two weeks into February of 2022. It seems like New Year’s Day was last week. I’m losing track of time, and the Early Voting is starting Monday, February 14th for the 2022 Primaries
Dane Schiller: Kim Ogg’s Minister of Misinformation
I have to admit that I don’t remember Dane Schiller from the days before he took the job as Kim Ogg’s Director of Communication at the D.A.’s Office. Maybe our paths never crossed. If they did, I don’t recall it.
Boss Ogg’s Slate
If Being a Football Coach was Like Being a Defense Attorney-Part 2: Talking to the Ref
REF: Okay, so it is my understanding that one of your players wanted to talk to me, Coach?COACH (Sighing Heavily): Yes, Ref. Against my advice.REF: Okay. To avoid the appearance of impropriety, I’ve asked Chiefs’ Coach Reid to join us.PLAYER:
If Being a Football Coach Was Like Being a Defense Attorney
COACH: Alright team, this week, we are playing the Chiefs . . . PLAYER: So, you’re trying to tell us that we just need to give up.COACH: Um, no. I’m just trying to start a conversation about what to expect as
Scapegoating the Judges
When I was growing up in Bryan (which was a far smaller town in the 1970s than it is now), I was brought up under the belief that judges were the closest thing to nobility that a small Texas town
The "Genius and Miraculous" District Attorneys’ Office
The New Normal and the Days of DISCO?
I think that it’s fair to say that those of us who practice criminal law down at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center on a regular basis are starting to sense a movement towards a return to normalcy these days.
Kim Ogg and the Backlog Blame Game
Kim Ogg had jury duty Wednesday.How do we know this?Because like any good self-promoting and self-aggrandizing politician like Kim Ogg, she made sure that the world knew it through multiple Twitter posts that let a breathless audience know that even