Mark Bennett | August 3, 2012
Judge Mike Fields of Harris County Criminal Court at Law Number Fourteen, has announced a new docket policy: At arraignment a defendant with counsel,will be reset for four months for motions; After the motions setting the defendant is set for a plea in thirty days or a trial in sixty. That’s three—count ‘em, three—court appearances from the […]
Mark Bennett | August 3, 2012
Today I went into court to pick a jury. I took a Powerpoint presentation talking about issues in the case. When the jury was in the hallway I went to hook up my laptop, and it wasn’t in my trial box. The Powerpoint presentation had become much like a a script, with a slide for every issue […]
Mark Bennett | August 3, 2012
There’s a cause for all sorts of human conduct, just exactly as there’s a cause for all the physical actions of the universe. The real cause of crime is poverty, ignorance, hard luck, and generally youth. These almost invariably combine to produce what we call a crime. (H/T Houston criminal-defense lawyer Robb Fickman.)
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