tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post4030671969594329764..comments2024-03-28T00:50:16.901-05:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: Just an ObservationMurray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-32791168547513282312016-07-08T10:32:13.193-05:002016-07-08T10:32:13.193-05:00Murray, sure it's a crappy thing the ADA did. ...Murray, sure it's a crappy thing the ADA did. It was also crappy when I reached out to a defense attorney on Friday before a murder trial was set and he told me that he was ready and ours was the only case he had set. Yet come Monday he was in trial out of county on a case that began the week before. The out of county trial was just in recess on that Friday when I called him. No mention that he was in trial. A weekend lost.<br /><br /> It was also crappy when I reached out to a defense attorney and received assurances that we would be going to trial on Monday on an aggravated robbery. Defendant was "NEVER" going to plead. Monday came and he and the client came in to plead. The attorney said, he was always going to plead the case, "I just needed a trial setting to get my fee." Another weekend lost.<br /> <br />None of this excuses the ADA, but it seems your observations may be incomplete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-22983608644671933622016-07-08T07:29:36.133-05:002016-07-08T07:29:36.133-05:00Who is the third chief? I know about Erin, Donna a...Who is the third chief? I know about Erin, Donna and Aaron. Who is the fourth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-76726620448245298282016-07-07T07:58:19.516-05:002016-07-07T07:58:19.516-05:00First, I agree--especially saying the case is &quo...First, I agree--especially saying the case is "first up." If the prosecutor knows the court isn't going to trial, then nothing is "first up" and that claim is false. <br /><br />But...<br /><br />Why would the prosecutor have to announce "ready" if the court wasn't going to trial that week? In other words, what would have happened if the prosecutor announced "not ready"? Would the court, knowing it wasn't going to try anything anyway, make the state dismiss the case? That too would seem "chickenshit." <br /><br />This isn't a defense of the prosecutor's actions. But if the prosecutor's gamesmanship is in response to judicial gamesmanship, perhaps both problems need to be addressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-73373133199661188072016-07-07T07:06:26.571-05:002016-07-07T07:06:26.571-05:00Very astute observation. I hope you are not right,...Very astute observation. I hope you are not right, but I think you are.Matt Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693980921944023474noreply@blogger.com