I checked out the Interim Report of the Task Force to Ensure Judicial Readiness in Times of Emergency. Basically, it calls for counties to sign a Memorandum…
Category: Courthouse News
Gustav, thankfully, wasn’t as bad as feared. He was plenty bad enough, especially in Louisiana and Mississippi. Texas has been spared the brunt. Still, I’m…
Twenty two decisions today out of the Supreme Court of Texas. None in Tyler cases. There was, however, a case involving a Brookshire’s employee out of the Texarkana…
Odds are extremely high that the last word on your case will come from the Cotton Belt Building. If you are thinking that you can…
Think a 75th anniversary gala for a bar association in East Texas sounds dull? How about this: Former Congressman Charlie Wilson will be the speaker. …
Pause for a second to estimate how much attention the trial judge will give your case. Now look at the average time Texas trial judges…
As the trial courts get busier, the paper side of the practice becomes more important. I posted earlier about the political aspects of Judge Russell’s presentation at…
Smith County politics are heating up. There have been talks of a new jail and a new courthouse. But the Commissioner’s Court recently issued a…
Defense counsel for the third defendant in a child sex ring case in Tyler has filed a motion to transfer venue. The first two defendants had been convicted…
The “special rule of privilege in criminal cases” found in Tex. R. Evid. 503(b)(2) has a new lease on life. As discussed in a previous post,…