Mark Bennett | January 30, 2009
In response to this post, in which I talked about Williamson County, Texas’s criminal discovery policy, WilCo DA John Bradley emailed me:
In Williamson County, a defense lawyer receives full and complete discovery, including access to offense reports, before any trial. Mr. Hampton’s commentary is not accurate. Our discovery is more limited if there is a [...]
Category: criminal practice, discovery, petty tyranny, pleas |
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Mark Bennett | January 25, 2009
Keith Hampton’s editorial in today’s Austin American-Statesman contrasts Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s new policy of providing defense lawyers with copies of offense reports with Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley’s policy of not allowing defense lawyers to see offense reports:
In leading the way on this cost-saving measure, Lehmberg also
reaffirmed the fundamentals of our [...]
Category: Prosecutors, criminal practice, discovery |
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Mark Bennett | January 12, 2009
I’ve learned that Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, in a continuing legal education program (I’m not giving the State Bar of Texas $90 even to rip a copy of the video for this post), attacked the motives of all criminal defense blawgers, who in his view are “only out to make a name for [...]
Category: blawgs, politics |
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