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Williamson County Discovery

| January 30, 2009

In response to this post, in which I talked about Williamson County, Texas’s criminal discovery policy, WilCo DA John Bradley emailed me: In Williamson County, a defense lawyer receives full and complete discovery, including access to offense reports, before any trial. Mr. Hampton’s commentary is not accurate. Our discovery is more limited if there is [...]

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Offense Report Copies

| January 25, 2009

Keith Hampton’s editorial in today’s Austin American-Statesman contrasts Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s new policy of providing defense lawyers with copies of offense reports with Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley’s policy of not allowing defense lawyers to see offense reports: In leading the way on this cost-saving measure, Lehmberg also reaffirmed the fundamentals [...]

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Copies

| February 14, 2008

Ask any Harris County criminal-defense lawyer, and she’ll tell you that criminal-defense lawyers should have copies of offense reports. Ask any Harris County felony chief prosecutor whether the defense lawyer is right, and I’ll bet (based on my highly-scientific survey of 9% of such chiefs) that you’ll get the same answer. If I could file [...]

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