Yesterday, our firm found ourselves in an odd position. A case of ours was set for trial, and we were ready to go. (That’s not the odd part). The odd part is that although we were willing to waive the jury and allow the judge to make the determination of…
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DMN -Collin drug defendant wants to plead guilty to judge, but DA won’t let him
Always nice to see the Dallas Morning News reporting on Collin County justice issues. (Even nicer when they quote me). This case was first reported by the CCO, and then a lengthy response and explanation of the law was made by me. Basically, the guy wanted to plea guilty and…
CCO: CSI Frisco: The Mark Lyle Bell episode
Bill over at the CCO is keeping us up to date on the Mark Bell case. The case involves missing evidence, a search of an attorney’s private office, and a murder case. What’s not to be interested in?? Interestingly enough, the attorney’s office who was searched is Keith Gore, currently running…
Collin County District Attorney Q&A
Recently, we sent out 10 questions to the DA candidates. I will go back and analyze some of the answers soon. Unfortunately, my blog platform is having problems, and I am not able to edit these post very well right now. As soon as it’s back up, I’ll add more.…
District Attorney Candidate “Best Answers”
Recently, a collaborative effort was made to get a questionnaire answered by the candidates for Collin County District Attorney. All candidates in the Republican contested primary returned our questionnaire. (The Democratic candidate has not responded). I thought one way for me to add my commentary is to take…
Collin County District Attorney Race Q&A
Coming Soon! A 10 Question and Answer session with the candidates for Collin County District Attorney. This Q&A is a collaborative effort between myself and the Collin County Observer (CCO). In the next couple of days, we will be sending out 10 questions to the candidates for DA. I think it will be…
Collin County District Attorney Race – Videos
Recently, several candidates for the Republican primary came to the Allen Area Patriots club to discuss the race for Collin County District Attorney. Videos of the candidates were uploaded to youtube, and I have added them here to the blog. A big thank you to "mopenshaw" whoever you are.You can…
Collin County DA Denies Citizen From Pleading Guilty
A couple of weeks ago, I happened to be present in the 429th District Court and saw an individual, Mr. Robert Blackburn trying to plea guilty, but was barred in doing so by the Assistant District Attorney. I didn’t think too much of it at the time, because I have seen the…
Craig Watkins (Dallas DA) on Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Craig Watkins www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating Saw this recently, and thought I’d share it. Although I love what Craig is doing down in Dallas, I really think he could have been a bit funnier. . . .
Comment Explosion on the Collin County DA’s “Investigation”
I recently showcased an article, “Two Local Judges Investigated in Grand Jury Investigation” by the Collin County Observer. In general, I don’t like just grabbing an entire article and posting in on our blog. I instead try to post and show my take on the matter. But his article was too good…