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The following cases are felony – including RIC (links and PC issues) – and all trial setting dismissals derived from the Harris County District Clerk’s website – dockets tab. 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. These and non-photo cases are entered into the Defense Attorney spreadsheet published on Saturdays. Felony and misdemeanor dismissals are published in the spreadsheets below
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Maverick Ray for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1587975 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of Murder
Nice work Maverick!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Martina Longoria for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1640689 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offense of Injury to the Elderly
Nice work Martina!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney William Zorn for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2177749 (after a mistrial on July 31, 2019) out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of DWI >.15
Nice work Bill!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Joseph Gagliardi for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2218408 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 4 for the offense of Assault Family Member
Nice work Joseph!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Sean Payne for earning trial setting dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 2248526 – 2248527 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 4 for the offenses of DWI and Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon
Nice work Sean!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Jose Cantu for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2231149 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 8 for the offense of Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon
Nice work Jose!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Tucker Graves for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1611370 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance
Nice work Tucker!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Betsy Martinez for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1596605 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of Theft $2500 – $30K
Nice work Betsy!
Congratulations to Defense Attorney Ben Friedman for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1527459 – 1527460 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offenses of Felon in Possession of a Weapon and Possession of Marijuana 4oz – 5lbs
Nice work Ben!
The Court Reporter has one of the most difficult jobs in the courthouse. Imagine having to listen to EVERY single word in a trial and transcribing it! My hats-off to you! I will try to feature a court reporter each week and offer their tips on how we can make their job a little easier
Tiffani June-Yeates has been a court reporter since 1998. She worked freelance for 15 or those 21 years while raising 3 children. For the last 6 years she has been a full-time court reporter for the county criminal courts including her current assignment as court reporter for County Criminal Court at Law Number 2 – Judge Ronnisha Bowman presiding – which began January of this year.
COURT REPORTER TIP –
“My day would go a lot smoother if…..” –
READING DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD:
Attorneys seem to launch into overdrive when asked to read something from a written document. It’s not really the speed that is the problem, it is that people talk so fast that they don’t speak clearly.
Don’t mumble. Slow down and enunciate those words! Believe me, if I cannot hear or understand you, the jury cannot either.
ALSO, If you are going to be reading from a document and the Court and other side has a copy, please provide a copy to the court reporter.