ShowMeTheJustice – Week of July 25, 2022

We had 17 SUCCESSFUL LAWYERS who participated in 12 TRIALS that resulted in 15 VERDICTS this week at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse – a Failure to Stop and Render Aid Resulting in Death, Super Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant and More resulting in 7 Guilty and 8 Not Guilty Verdicts.

Congratulations to the Lawyers who won their trials and the 50 Lawyers below who won their case with a dismissal of charges!

TRIALS

 

Tyler Flood

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Tyler Flood for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1558495 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Failure to Stop and Render Aid Resulting in Death

(presiding judge –  Hilary Unger – jury trial) co-counsel Shannon Davis

Shannon Davis

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Shannon Davis for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1558495 out of the 248th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Failure to Stop and Render Aid Resulting in Death

(presiding judge –  Hilary Unger – jury trial) co-counsel Tyler Flood

Danielle Oxford

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice        Congratulations to Prosecutor Danielle Oxford for earning Guilty Verdicts for the State of Texas in Cause Numbers 1470293 – 1470294 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Super Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child  – Sentence:  Life in Prison

(presiding judge – Josh Hill – jury trial) co-counsel Heather Axline

Heather Axline

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Heather Axline for earning Guilty Verdicts for the State of Texas in Cause Numbers 1470293 – 1470294 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Super Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child  – Sentence:  Life in Prison

(presiding judge – Josh Hill – jury trial) co-counsel Danielle Oxford

Kyle Sampson

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Kyle Sampson for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1610532 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant

(presiding judge –  Danny Lacayo – jury trial) co-defendant counsel Damon Parrish

Damon Parrish

 

 

 

July 29, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Public Defender Damon Parrish II for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1610533 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant

(presiding judge –  Danny Lacayo – jury trial) co-defendant counsel Kyle Sampson

Lott Brooks

 

 

 

July 28, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Lott Brooks for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1665252 out of the 174th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

(presiding judge –  Hazel Jones – jury trial)

Jill Lansden

 

 

 

July 28, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Jill Lansden for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 2224167 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

(presiding judge –  Sedrick Walker – jury trial – court reporter Krista Hall) co-counsel Mekisha Walker

Mekisha Walker

 

 

 

July 28, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Mekisha Walker for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 2224167 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

(presiding judge –  Sedrick Walker – jury trial – court reporter Krista Hall) co-counsel Jill Lansden

Jim Butler

 

 

 

July 28, 2022Show Me The Justice      Congratulations to Defense Attorney Jim Butler for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 2327682 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 10 for the offense of

DWI

(presiding judge –  Lee Wilson – jury trial – court reporter Shannon Simmons)

Gilbert Sawtelle

 

 

 

July 26, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Gilbert Sawtelle for earning a Guilty Verdict for the State of Texas in Cause Number 1645126 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of

Tampering with Evidence – a Corpse – Sentence:  40 Years in Prison

(presiding judge – Nata Cornelio – jury trial)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

 

 

 

July 25, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Frank Economou for earning a Guilty Verdict for the State of Texas in Cause Number 2359854 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 14 for the offense of

Evading Detention – Sentence:  3 Days in Jail

(presiding judge –  David Singer – jury trial – court reporter Connie Cole)

 

 

 

July 26, 2022Show Me The Justice      Congratulations to Defense Attorney Thuy Le for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 2306060 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 9 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

(presiding judge – Toria Finch – jury trial – court reporter Diana Ramos)

Carlos Aguayo

 

 

 

July 27, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Carlos Aguayo for earning Guilty Verdicts for the State of Texas in Cause Numbers 1682295 – 1682296 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offenses of

Aggravated Assault Family Member and Injury to a Child- Sentence:  4 years and 9 years in Prison

(presiding judge – Abigail Anastasio – jury trial) co-counsel Jonathan Ortiz

Jonathan Christian Ortiz

 

 

 

July 27, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Jonathan Ortiz for earning Guilty Verdicts for the State of Texas in Cause Numbers 1682295 – 1682296 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offenses of

Aggravated Assault Family Member and Injury to a Child- Sentence:  4 years and 9 years in Prison

(presiding judge – Abigail Anastasio – jury trial) co-counsel Carlos Aguayo

 

 

 

July 27, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Prosecutor Theodore Hale for earning a Guilty Verdict for the State of Texas in Cause Number 2371388 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of

DWI – Sentence:  1 year Probation

(presiding judge – Natalie Fleming – jury trial)

Maverick Ray

 

 

 

July 27, 2022Show Me The Justice       Congratulations to Defense Attorney Maverick Ray for earning a Not Guilty Verdict for your client in Cause Numbers 1682297 out of the 184th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Criminal Mischief $2500 – $30K

(presiding judge – Abigail Anastasio – jury trial)

SCOREBOARD

DISMISSALS
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 a small percentage out of around 1200 dismissals posted each week – i only post cases when i have a lawyer photo – hard earned dismissal? let me know. lawyer submissions welcome!

Brett Podolsky

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Brett Podolsky for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1582698 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Theft $30K – $150K

John Leo

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney John Leo for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1608844 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Theft >$300K

Jorge Cantu

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jorge Cantu for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1685954 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Hannah Frank

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Hannah Frank for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1737719 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Adam Brown

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Adam Brown for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1708320 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Robbery

Brian Benken

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Brian Benken for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1699742 out of the 208th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault on a Pregnant Person

Sylvia Escobedo

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Sylvia Escobedo for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1692480 out of the 185th Criminal District Court for the offense of

DWI – 3rd Offense

Alisa Woodard

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Alisa Woodard for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1746324 out of the 262nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Bribery

Katie Wilson

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Katie Wilson for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1725645 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Jon Stephenson

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jon Stephenson for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1753520 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Indecency with a Child

Paul St. John

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Paul St. John for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1749580 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Theft from the Elderly

Jimmy Ortiz

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jimmy Ortiz Jr. for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1735491 out of the 338th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault Family Member

Christina Hoang

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Christina Hoang for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1716038 out of the 351st Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Nathan Mays

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Nathan Mays for an excellent job earning a trial setting  felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1724815 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Fraudulent Use of IDs

Ericon Garza

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Ericon Garza for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1696744 out of the 179th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Indecency with a Child

Simone Bray

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Simone Bray for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1760345 out of the 337th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Injury to a Child

Stephen Touchstone

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Stephen Touchstone for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1731095 out of the 339th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Equator Turner

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Equator Turner for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1696207 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Craig Hughes

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Craig Hughes for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1736372 out of the 209th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Burglary with the Intent to Commit a Felony

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Alexis Bruegger for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1716927 out of the 230th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child

Charles Banker

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Charles Banker for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1731628 out of the 228th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Burglary of a Habitation

Ned Barnett

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Ned Barnett for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1624605 out of the 176th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Sexual Assault of a Child

Paul Aman

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Paul Aman for an excellent job earning a trial setting felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1738703 out of the 182nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault Family Member

Cheryl Brown

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Cheryl Brown for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1710108 out of the 179th Criminal District Court for the offense of

Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity

Porscha Brown

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Public Defender Porscha Brown for an excellent job earning a felony dismissal for your client in Cause Number 1704531 out of the 232nd Criminal District Court for the offense of

Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Ben Friedman

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Ben Friedman for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2387413 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 3 for the offense of

Terroristic Threat

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Matthew Sharp for an excellent job earning a  misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2388875 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 6 for the offense of

Public Lewdness

Romy Kaplan

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Romy Kaplan for an excellent job earning a  misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2355040 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 12 for the offense of

DWI – 2nd Offense

Lorenzo Williams

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Lorenzo Williams for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2366735 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 15 for the offense of

DWI – 2nd Offense

Brian Coyne

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Brian Coyne for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2372099 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 14 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Tyler Flood

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Tyler Flood for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2221250 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 13 for the offense of

DWI – 2nd Offense

Dan Simons

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Dan Simons for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2394032 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of

DWI – 2nd Offense

Joaquin Jimenez

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Joaquin Jimenez for an excellent job earning a  misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2372872 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 4 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Chris Gore

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Chris Gore for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2408158 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 5 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Cory Roth

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Cory Roth for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2363025 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 15 for the offense of

Assault

Kelly Benavides

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Kelly Benavides for an excellent job earning a  misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2355710 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 11 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Alvin Adjei

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Alvin Adjei for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2372567 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 8 for the offense of

DWI – 2nd Offense

Brennen Dunn

 

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Brennen Dunn for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2385984 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 16 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Jose Rodriguez

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jose Rodriguez for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2317060 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 12 for the offense of

Disorderly Conduct

Keeyli Alfaro

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Keeyli Alfaro for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2370898 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 16 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Matthew Mateer

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Matthew Mateer for an excellent job earning a misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2385698 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 9 for the offense of

DWI

John Dixon

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney John Dixon for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2250904 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 1 for the offense of

Assault

Enrique Ramirez

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Enrique Ramirez for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2316603 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 13 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Kate Ferrell for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2381851 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 5 for the offense of

Assault

AJ Wright

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Allena Wright for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2375262 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 2 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Marcus Fleming

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Marcus Fleming for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2250904 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 1 for the offense of

Assault

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Jill Hawkins for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2328072 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 1 for the offense of

Terroristic Threat

Diana Sims

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Diana Sims for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2340201 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 1 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Abel Izaguirre

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Abel Izaguirre for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2378706 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 9 for the offense of

Assault Family Member

Carl Moore

 

 

Show Me The Justice recognizes Defense Attorney Carl Moore for an excellent job earning a trial setting misdemeanor dismissal for your client in Cause Number 2379870 out of County Criminal Court at Law Number 9 for the offense of

DWI

 

Note: The following spreadsheets, standings, charts, graphs and compilations are NOT 100% accurate and should not be relied upon as authoritative information.

STATISTICS

 

ALL VERDICTS by ATTORNEY last name – (OVER 2,500 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)

Fel Judges 2022
 

 

Misd Judges 2022

 

 

Visiting Judges 2022

 

TRIAL WIN LEADERS from the Harris County Criminal Courthouse (February 7, 2017 through This Current Post Date). 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)

Prosecutor Verdicts

 

Defense Verdicts

 

 

 

2018 – 2019 – COVID FINAL STANDINGS for TRIALS

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