FEATURED COURTROOM WINNERS: Defense Attorney Arthur Sims, Defense Attorney Cheryl Brown, Defense Attorney Cheryl Chapell, Judge/Former Defense Attorney David Singer, Defense Attorney Ed Chernoff, Defense Attorney Eileen Guerinot, Defense Attorney Equator Turner, Public Defender Jackie Carpenter, Defense Attorney James Alston, Defense Attorney James Padgett, Defense Attorney Jayson Booth, Defense Attorney John Osborne, Defense Attorney Justin Keiter, Defense Attorney Keith Larson, Defense Attorney Larry Douglas, Defense Attorney Lori Botello Christenson, Defense Attorney Mac Miller, Defense Attorney Mark Lipkin, Defense Attorney Mekisha Walker, Defense Attorney Randy Kallinen, Public Defender Sherlene Cruz, Defense Attorney Thomas Johnson, Defense Attorney Todd Ward, Defense Attorney Woodrow Dixon
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. (Judges have discretion on the masks once jurors are within their voir dire space.) 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.
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 Lori Botello Christenson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1677000 out of the 180th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Attempted Burglary of a Habitation
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eileen Guerinot for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1659683 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Eileen Guerinot for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1673554 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Injury to a Child
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney James Alston for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1615513 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Child Abandonment
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Todd Ward for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1676641 out of the 263rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mekisha Walker for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1629282 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Equator Turner for earning felony dismissals for your client in Cause Numbers 1686032 – 1686033 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Continuous Violence Against the Family and Violating a Protective Order
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Former Defense Attorney/Judge David Singer for earning felony dismissals for your client (through pretrial diversion before he became judge) in Cause Numbers 1581216 – 1583299 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offenses of
Aggravated Assault and Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Arthur Sims for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1665505 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Cheryl Brown for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1581032 out of the 263rd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Forgery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Jackie Carpenter for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1642324 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft from Person
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney James Padgett for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1659174 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney John Osborne for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1622184 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mac Miller for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1674854 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Bigamy
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Mark Lipkin for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1648383 out of the 177th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Burglary of a Habitation
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Justin Keiter for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1679848 out of the 178th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Deadly Conduct
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Randy Kallinen for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1625358 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Theft $2500 – $30K
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Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Thomas Johnson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1621191 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of
Endangering a Child
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Larry Douglas for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1640588 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Auto Theft
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Woodrow Dixon for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1625943 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Delivery of a Controlled Substance
Show Me The Justice congratulates Public Defender Sherlene Cruz for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1650635 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Aggravated Assault Family Member
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Ed Chernoff for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1651926 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Assault on a Pregnant Person
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Cheryl Chapell for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1674525 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of
Forgery
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Keith Larson for earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1673149 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of
Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
Show Me The Justice congratulates Defense Attorney Jayson Booth for earning a trial setting dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2274305 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of
Possession of Gambling Device
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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 – August 25, 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 – August 25, 2020 – OVER 10,200 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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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
