I was very sad to hear about the passing of Jeff Bray (Kenneth Jefferson Bray). I knew Jeff from our days at the Collin County District Attorney’s office. Jeff and I were hired in 2003 on the same day along with one other prosecutor. But it was not until I moved up…
About a month ago, I wrote an article Crime Victim Dies of Complications, detailing a certain tree planted in front of the courthouse to commemorate crime victims. I took a picture showing that the tree had apparently died and been cut down. I also found it interesting that no one puts…
I was upset to just hear that Collin County’s Law Librarian passed away recently. Lori Bull Dodds, who many of us came to know while frequenting the Law Library. Lori was the assistant Law Librarian and took over for the retiring Director, Judy McCullough in 2009. I was unable to…
One of the biggest problems with prosecutors I have seen in the various counties & cities I practice in is what I dub the difference in "doing what is right," and "doing what the law allows." I detailed a prime example in my past article "A Prosecutors Job Should Be To Seek Justice."…
It appears a local crime victim has dies of injuries. Reports are unclear as to whether the death is related to injuries sustained from the initial crime. I snapped this photo recently of the "Crime Victim Tree" planted just outside of the new Collin County Courthouse. As you can see,…
A few days ago, the State filed a motion to dismiss the cases against the Collin County District Clerks cases. It should be noted that all cases were dismissed “without prejudice.” This means that the charges could be re-brought against the District Clerks, or other charges can be brought against…
Looks like Collin County doesn’t like David Allan Coe’s music as much as I do. I just saw him play at Trees in Dallas not to long ago. Might be his last visit to this area in a while. Here’s the article from the Detroit News. Country star to IRS:…
From my college town of Gainesville, Florida, and their paper, the Gainesville Sun, comes this interesting piece. Dare I say, “Go Gators!?!” —- By Cindy Swirko Staff writer Debra Oberlin, 48, was arrested after she had difficulty on a field sobriety test. She registered a .234 and .239 on breath alcohol…
Recently, a letter was sent to the press criticizing the outgoing District Attorney and reporting their findings. This letter made it to the Dallas Morning News, where it was reported by Ed Housewright. The DMN did not publish the letter and I personally had been curious to see it. I now have…
I’m voting “no” to all of the State Bar’s ill-thought-out and unnecessary amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Some of this post was pulled from blogger Mark Bennett who did a good job of compiling a lot of the information into one post. It seems as…