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The Gruff Marshmallow and the Pledgin’ Judge

Mark Bennett | January 7, 2009

Former Harris County Assistant District Attorney The Gruff Marshmallow has joined the Nearby County District Attorney’s Office and been assigned to this court.
How many of you saw the series finale of The Shield?

More Texas Criminal Law Links

Mark Bennett | June 27, 2008

Republished with the kind permission of Paul Bush atĀ CourtPort.com (who saw this post and volunteered his list of Texas criminal law links), following is a comprehensive list of Texas criminal court and jail online links.
I’ve removed all of the sex offender registration links (because lists of sex offenders are so inclusive that they do more [...]

Some Houston-Area (and elsewhere) Criminal Justice Links

Mark Bennett | June 21, 2008

Texas Counties with Criminal Case Information Online:
Brazoria County, Texas Criminal Case Search by Defendant Name
Brazos County, Texas Criminal Case Search by Defendant Name
Collin County, Texas Criminal Case Search (H/T Lars Isaacson)
Dallas County, Texas Criminal Background Search
Dallas County Jail Inmate Lookup (H/T Lars Isaacson)
Denton County, Texas Criminal Case Search
Denton County, Texas Jail Inmate Lookup (H/T Lars [...]

North Texas Criminal Court and Jail Information

Mark Bennett | June 21, 2008

Lewisville, Texas federal criminal defense lawyer Lars Isaacson (my erstwhile second-chair, who learned from me how to take a severe beating, if nothing else) has posted a page of court and jail contact information (telephone numbers, URLs) for state and federal criminal cases in the Dallas area — Denton, Dallas, Collin, and Tarrant Counties and [...]