An Interesting Docket Entry
Anyone who wants to take a look at the 185th District Court's docket for Monday morning, November 7th might be surprised to see some familiar names on the list. Most notably, The State of Texas vs. Carl Hobbs and The State of Texas vs. Steve Morris for Ex Parte Proceedings known as "Show Cause" Hearings. Additionally, there are two Grand Jury court reporters also on the docket for the same reason.
What "Show Cause" hearings typically deal with are people (lawyers or otherwise) who have been or are possibly about to be held in Contempt of Court.
If you will remember, Steve Morris (the Harris County District Attorney's Office Bureau Chief for the Governmental Integrity Bureau), and Carl Hobbs (the DA's Office Division Chief over Grand Jury) were two of the three prosecutors who were kicked out of the 185th's Grand Jury two weeks ago under threat of arrest.
What exactly they are being called to the 185th on Monday for is something that I'm not sure about. I've heard rumors from multiple people, but I'm not in a position to confirm or deny anything at the moment.
But I think that if you have two of the three prosecutors involved in the original 185th Grand Jury incident coupled with two Grand Jury court reporters, one might be able to read between the lines that the District Attorney's Office has clashed, yet again, with the Grand Jury.
Keep your eyes on this one, folks.
I think Monday is going to be an interesting day.
What "Show Cause" hearings typically deal with are people (lawyers or otherwise) who have been or are possibly about to be held in Contempt of Court.
If you will remember, Steve Morris (the Harris County District Attorney's Office Bureau Chief for the Governmental Integrity Bureau), and Carl Hobbs (the DA's Office Division Chief over Grand Jury) were two of the three prosecutors who were kicked out of the 185th's Grand Jury two weeks ago under threat of arrest.
What exactly they are being called to the 185th on Monday for is something that I'm not sure about. I've heard rumors from multiple people, but I'm not in a position to confirm or deny anything at the moment.
But I think that if you have two of the three prosecutors involved in the original 185th Grand Jury incident coupled with two Grand Jury court reporters, one might be able to read between the lines that the District Attorney's Office has clashed, yet again, with the Grand Jury.
Keep your eyes on this one, folks.
I think Monday is going to be an interesting day.
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If true, Lykos is done.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Prosecutors-court-reporters-face-contempt-2246557.php
Hello? State Bar of Texas? Yes, we've got some stuff here you may want to look at...some folks who apparently are done needing their law licenses.
Geez
Is anyone really surprised? If Joni V. really said all who are subpoenaed should alert Leitner, then why should we be surprised others are trying to get transcripts?
Keep it up, Patsy! We love the fact that you have cleaned up our office and made it so transparent and gotten rid of the good 'ol boy mentality.
I now appreciate the view Molly Brown had from inside her life boat. What a view!!
If Patsy isn't there, it is only because she will be at the gas station fueling up the bus. She needs to make sure she has enough gas to keep running over all the people that she throws under. The way this is going she is going to have to throw a lot people to try and save herself!
1st, all GJ proceedings are secret.
2nd, HCADAs are thrown out of GJ under threat of arrest.
3rd, The District Judge supports her GJ.
4th, The Appellate Court sides with District Judge.
5th of Jack decides--fuck the GJ, fuck the District Judge and fuck the Appellate Court my name is Patsy Lykos and you can't tell ME what to do I'll just get a damn transcript of those stinkin' secret GJ proceedings.
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOWWOW WOW
Judge Pat the only thing between you and Jim Leitner ought to be body armour--once a back stabber always a back stabber.
Baby Prosecutors you'll have a real team leader soon.
Protect us from what? Turning in evidence against the L Team. Evidence that would surely kill that career you practically stole from others?
Get ready Joni V. Private practice is in your future.
Merry Christmas to all.
Anyone want some popcorn?
Rage
I'm sure another bet will crop up soon.
Thank you for all your efforts. You deserved a trip to Hawaii. I appreciate all that you have done to bring the rule of law and transparency back to an office that was run amuck.
Sincerely,
Hypocrisy
WOW. What's up with that?
Also, anyone know if there were more ADAs called in today?
Sorry to report that Carl drank some of that Lykos Cool Aid in exchange for being pulled up out of the well...
PS: He passed the glass on to Joni.
1. People are foolish to underestimate the ability of Pat Lykos to survive a calamity. This woman does not care about this grand jury or anything like that. What she lacks in basic humanity she makes up for in survivability. When she was judge she was extremely unpopular, yet she got re-elected time after time. Those who think this Grand Jury will bring her down are wrong. She is a cagey politician. Like other cagey politicians, she will have insulated herself with a number of warm bodies. ( see Exhibit 1 - Mondays docket for names of warm bodies)
None of them will have what it takes to bring her down. Others may fall, she will not.
2. She also won't be resigning. Those who think she will do so dont understand her. Her personality is not just mean, she is obstinate. She will run another term and whoop Kelly again. The party will stand mute. Does anyone here seriously think that Jared Woodfill has the cojones to stand up to her???
Hell he is probably scared of her.
3. I hope I am wrong but I don't think I am. I expect Lykos and the Lykosians will survive this Grand Jury one way or another. Lykos is here to stay.
4. The only chance of This Grand Jury touching Lykos is if a truly independent prosecutor is appointed. Mr St Martin is an honorable man but his connection to Kelly is undeniable. His participation in the process will only serve Lykos interest in providing het with an automatic " this is political defense". She will come out looking like the victim. No, the smart move here is to replace Mr St Martin with a retired lawyer who is held in high regard and who is not connected to
Lykos arch rival Kelly. The smart move Here would be to beg " the Real Bob Bennett" to come out of retirement to serve as special prosecutor. If he obtained indictments against Lykos she would have no credible built in political
Defense. That's the smart move. I am not seeing a lot of smart moves, so I doubt it happens.
5. The only other chance to beat Lykos
Is to beat her at the polls. A new Republican Candidate for DA with Strong name recognition and a reputation for integrity could possibly beat Lykos in a primary. If the Honorable Michael McSpadden would run against her, he would have a good chance of winning and he would restore the integrity of the office. But that's not likely
I hope I am wrong but...
Robb Fickman
That would be extortion. The court reporters in the district criminal courts are county employees dumb ass. Our tax dollars don't pay a court reporter to drink coffee and produce gibberish the state is entitled to a transcript without tipping the court reporter.
-The Court reporters were told to transcribe the testimony by Morris or Hobbs and then told Judge Brown about it.
-Morris or Hobbs were instructed by Leitner to have the testimony transcribed.
-Leitner told Lykos what was being done.
-Hobbs or Morris decide not to fall on their swords and instead tell the truth.
-everyone asserts their 5th Amendment privilege.
Stay tuned...
Were they disgusted with the tarnishing Lykos has brought on the office?
Any of them involved in DWI prosecutions involving BAT van evidence?
Hmmm
I've got copies of them. The Chronicle pretty well summed up the essence of them. There are attachments of the Appellate decision not to order Judge Brown to let the prosecutors in, and the orders appointing a Special Prosecutor. It does not specify facts or how it came to the Court's attention that the prosecutors had the transcripts.
http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2011/11/live-by-the-hatchet-die-by-the-hatchet.html
I'd tell Bennett he did a good job on his blog, but he banned me some time ago.
Still his post shows that the potential conflicts and political games are deep. No way this was an accident--right down to the seating of the grand jury and election of the foreman.
Rage
Wow. What a sweet deal. In the real world an employee's work product belongs to the employer.
I really am a dumbass for not jumping on the gubment's teat with you guys. In your world, working a full day for a full days pay is for dumbasses.
I am obligated, therefore, to respond to Ms. Cynthia Henley's Dick DeGuerin-like-comment here:
Ms. Henley,
Whew a bit testy are we? lt sure sounds like sour grapes after having your butt kicked by Kelly Siegler at the court house more than once. Dick deGuerin is a similar excuse maker when it comes to going toe to toe with Ms. Siegler.
Contrary to the media and defense bar agendas all defendants are not innocent. Prosecutors are supposed to work hard on their cases and not settle to try only the whales. It is very easy to blog-blast a prosecutor who is as talented as Kelly Siegler. I mean if you can't beat her straight up at the courthouse just defame and disparage her reputation with impunity on a blog.
BAD people? Seriously? The real BAD people Kelly Siegler put behind bars.
A high profile prosecutor after 21 years is expected to piss off some people at the court house. And if the facts won't work perception often does. It is intersesting on what the Kelly haters like you have highlighted over Kelly's long career:
*In a voir dire she struck a juror stating Lakewood members were nuts and flakes or something to that effect. The juror happened to be black. Several other blacks were already on the jury. This was a murder trial and we are more worried about the benign designation of being referenced as a nut? If that is the most horrible transgression someone had to endure they had a pretty sheltered life. It does not make anyone a racist.
*Her husband sent a youtube email. *Her boss was a freak.
But Kelly Siegler is BAD people for that too. Give me a break. Compare those "atrocities" to Pat Lykos and company and get back to me. Oh and let's not forget that Kelly Siegler secretly conspired with Judge Susan Brown to make Pat Lykos be Pat Lykos just like Kelly conspired to make Chuck Rosenthal be the fool he was and is.
What do they call people who can't differentiate fiction from reality Ms. Criminal Defense Attorney?
How exactly is Kelly Siegler similar to John Bradly? By extension, your reasoning and logic would make you just like Andy Nolen. But then again your admiration of Pat Lykos speaks volumes and negates any credibility.
1. One experienced senior Felony 2
2. One experienced senior Felony 3
3. One talented Misdemeanor 2
Would that make him ineligible and part of this vast conspiracy as well?
1 November 2011 at 11:28 pm
"NEVER Siegler. Sorry but she is B A D bad. People think she is great because she is so mean but that is because they have not been on the receiving end with one of their innocent loved ones. (And that capital murder dismissal – well, that guy got lucky is all I can say.)
Having Kelly would be like having John Bradley back here again . . . (and I’m glad he decided to go be the big fish in a small pond. He was a poo when he was here and has obviously gotten worse.)
Bad as Lykos is, at least she has run off most of the cheaters in the office. There are still a few, and there are still lots of problems, but she has gotten rid of a bunch of – junk"
Cindy:
"That guy" you refer to as the capital murder dismissal who got lucky actually has a name--Anthony Graves.
You may dismiss the outcome as "he got lucky" but why don't you ask Mr. Anthony Graves himself what he thinks about luck, Kelly Siegler and why?
Yet without a scintilla of evidence to substantiate your slur, you chose to throw it out there anyway. Shame on you.
It's a catch 22 game for you and your fellow Kelly haters. Kelly either intentionally convicts innocent people or the dismissed defendant is lucky. Shame on you.
Crabs do not appreciate the obsessive preparation and skill that Kelly Siegler, Peyton Manning, Steve Jobs and others of that class utilize to recognize and seize opportunity.
The crabs confuse success with luck not realizing that luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
If you really believe that Pat Lykos is the savior of the DAs office and that Kelly Siegler is like John Bradley than you need to rent space at the World Trade Center with Daffy Duck.
As for the cheaters and junk at the HCDAO--they've been run in not out.
Rage
No Rage, I am not that stupid.
Anon 6:14
Sorry, but this one's on you.
Rage
Well stated.
Rage is that proverbial guy from the past who never quite measured up. He is defined by his pathological lies and delusions. Fantasy and reality are a very thin line for this guy. When Rage's reality is challenged he goes into relative stages of meltdown. The greater he perceives the threat the angrier he becomes. He has no real grasp of substantive issues and exposes his weakness by resorting to Jr. High name calling, hence your flashback.
Rage essentially is a narcissist with nothing to back up his grandiosity but for his rants in cyber space. He thrives on the attention that he can not obtain in the real world with real people face to face.
This comment, yours and the others who engage him feed the emptiness that defines Rage.
When his real world identity is exposed, which it will be, we will discover a mediocre individual of no particular import that will conjure up, "eh, that's him?"
Anon 8:48 Thank you for your post. A long time ago I commented that it was best to ignore rage. To respond is simply to give him the attention he so desperately seeks. I will not be responding to anything rage posts in the future and suggest others follow suit.
Well, I'd have to watch it first and I really don't care enough about supplying you with my opinion to do that.
Rage
Also...does anybody see the egregiousness of convicting a person in court 4 not only in light of Pat stating HPD shouldn't be trusted to manage the BAT Vans but Amanda Culbertson actually removed three of the breath test machines on April 21st, 2011...coincidentally the exact same day as the defendant's breath test in the trial in court 4! Unbelievable.
NO mention made to the defense.
"if only we hadn't made this journey! If only the car hadn't broken down! If only we were amongst friends or sane persons!"
I actually thought of someone on the misdemeanor bench of what she brings to the table in a Republican primary. I doubt she'd do it. She's got a great life and I'm not sure if she'd want the job.
Lykos is ready for the two folks most people think will run against her.
Lykos is great at crafting and maintaining her image. She's flawed or weak in certain respects like all elected officials. She's expanded her base in anticipation of a tough race in the general election.
No one is really her friend except for Chow. It takes years to become her friend. She has confidants and loyalists. That's as close as you're gonna get. I'm not sure if she has any old staffers of hers working with her. That would change my opinion.
She can be beat. I've always respected her political instincts, but she's not perfect. I know it's easy to believe the recent media coverage about the office would lead someone to believe Lykos will lose, it's just not that easy.
ANY WORD FROM KELLY OR MIKE ???
Filing dates changed to Nov 28-Dec 24 inclusive.
Kelly and Mike will both run and we'll see who makes it to the run-off.
Anon 7:56