tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8896209102387777003..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Rodney Ellis stumping for Harris County public defender officeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63362237895783042192008-07-23T17:35:00.000-05:002008-07-23T17:35:00.000-05:00We have appointed attorneys in Galveston county an...We have appointed attorneys in Galveston county and a County judge married to an employee of the Da's office but every one thinks that is okAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7397969717244822932008-05-10T14:02:00.000-05:002008-05-10T14:02:00.000-05:00Honorable -----------------I recently had the oppo...Honorable -----------------<BR/>I recently had the opportunity to hear Randall Kallinen speak on the badly needed Public Defenders Office.<BR/><BR/>I happened across this meeting because I follow Houston property rights group where Randall spoke. I expected something much different.<BR/><BR/>Since all my experience has been civil, until recently, I always thought of court appointed attorneys as those harvesting the low hanging fruit. It doesn’t take much effort and the rewards plentiful. I thought this miserable cadre was out to consume more tax dollars while doing what they seem to do best. Nothing according to those who use them!<BR/><BR/>How wrong I was… Even more so in the costs of incarceration. It is amazing. Who is profiting at this? Money going out of my city. My understanding is Louisiana lobbyists already pay dearly to keep our gambling money there and now they want to collect on more sins and can do it cheaper?<BR/><BR/>I am a landlord of working class folk, clean 3 bedroom houses with updates like central a/c good doors and healthy environments. Not much sexy about it but it allows me to be gainfully under-employed most of the time. Perhaps my ego should be bigger and force me to work harder but that is another topic.<BR/><BR/>Since you support Randall this is what I suggest.<BR/><BR/>As long as it is legal I can place your political signs and get written permission from owners at no charge to you. I finally have a gas sipping car and I am on a mission.<BR/><BR/>Dennis Anga @ 713-643-4446<BR/><BR/>I am in the Hobby area and likely an area under served by volunteers. Most of are working to hard to raise our head up for voluntary work.<BR/><BR/>Don’t get me wrong here. This effort is completely self interest.<BR/><BR/>When the city incarcerates my tenants I don’t get paid.<BR/><BR/>When people tell me they are seeking something for the principal of it I always know that is when it will cost the most. Judges won’t like Randall’s proposal at all. I would also suggest he be the founder of the new government. He understands civil rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9326572060823990232008-04-17T21:19:00.000-05:002008-04-17T21:19:00.000-05:00HARRIS COUNTY DOES HAVE A HUGH PROBLEM...MY FRIEND...HARRIS COUNTY DOES HAVE A HUGH PROBLEM...MY FRIEND SITS IN JAIL WAITING TO EVEN BE HEARD IN FRONT OF A JUDGE. HIS COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY MEETS WITH HIM BEFORE THE HEARING WHICH ONCE WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE THE DA COULDNT MAKE IT AND TWO OTHER TIMES HE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHY THE DATE WAS RESET. THE LAST TIME HE DIDNT EVEN SEE HIS LAWYER NOR GET RESET DATES. IS THIS JUSTICE? THE WORST PART IS THAT WITHOUT A HEARING A BOND CAN'T BE SET SO THERE HE IS IN JAIL GOING ON TWO MONTHS, NOW UNABLE TO WORK, NOW UNABLE TO MAKE CHILD SUPPORT AND NOW STILL SITTING WAITING WAITING WAITING.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21538296608751756962008-04-02T17:48:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:48:00.000-05:00I don't know in which county anonymous practices, ...I don't know in which county anonymous practices, but in Harris County, I have never had a judge limit the number of visits I have had with a client nor have I ever had a judge deny a request for payment for investigative assistance. Maybe someone should talk to some lawyers that actually do accpet appointments in Harris County and stop just accepting as gospel truth the gumblins of attorneys who can't pass the test to get on the appointment list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74219792647987311852008-03-14T07:03:00.000-05:002008-03-14T07:03:00.000-05:00Travis County's juvenile public defenders office p...Travis County's juvenile public defenders office pre-dates the Dallas office.John D. McLauchlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139882286711891724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45434184124893133242008-03-13T19:46:00.000-05:002008-03-13T19:46:00.000-05:00Yeah, I know Grits. If a lawyer can't effectively...Yeah, I know Grits. If a lawyer can't effectively do the job and intentionally defaults on his duty to his client, he should not take the cases. Period.<BR/><BR/>Taking a case and then saying you aren't paid enough so you don't even talk to your client more than once should get you suspended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3209407674043289122008-03-13T13:05:00.000-05:002008-03-13T13:05:00.000-05:00Still picking my jaw up off my desk that a city as...Still picking my jaw up off my desk that a city as large as Houston lacks a PD office.<BR/><BR/>And surprised that I didn't already know this... just appalling.<BR/><BR/>BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79709304785510336442008-03-13T12:47:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:47:00.000-05:00If you think that's bad, rage, you should see the ...If you think that's bad, rage, you should see the paltry sums allotted for capital murder defense.<BR/><BR/>Before the laws were changed to require a PI's license to do the work, I used to do some investigative work for appellate attorneys in capital cases (and actually once was hired to perform a how-to training for capital investigators). The paltry sums allotted for investigators in death cases given the mind boggling scope of the task, particularly to perform minimal due diligence for the mitigation research in the sentencing phase, simply assumed that little significant investigation would be done. I worked 3 or 4 such cases, and in each of them wound up doing some of the investigation pro bono because there were leads that otherwise wouldn't have been followed up. I'll guarantee investigators from the DA's office didn't have that problem.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43173016216143259332008-03-13T12:25:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:25:00.000-05:00Court appointed attorneys get paid for 3 visits wi...<I>Court appointed attorneys get paid for 3 visits with their clients. So, if you're sitting in jail, you'll see your defense attorney once. the other 2 time are for court appearances.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>This speaks volumes about the system, but also the attorneys who take those cases and practice that way. The system should be changed, those attorneys should be shot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80362201162435392982008-03-13T12:13:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:13:00.000-05:00Is the level of defense increased for more serious...Is the level of defense increased for more serious offenses?<BR/><BR/>It should be......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58232408405805681902008-03-13T10:42:00.000-05:002008-03-13T10:42:00.000-05:00Court appointed attorneys get paid for 3 visits wi...Court appointed attorneys get paid for 3 visits with their clients. So, if you're sitting in jail, you'll see your defense attorney once. the other 2 time are for court appearances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com