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WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April  10, 2007 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  187
 
    For:
Alvarez, Belia  (Self)
 
 
Hardin, Carolyn  (Self)
 
 
Hardin, Tonya  (Self)
 
 
Kahan, Andy (Mayor's Crime Victims Office)
 
 
Marin-Eason, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
Sager, Janice (Texans for Equal Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Villarreal, Celeste (TCDLA (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Alvarez, Mandy  (Self)
 
 
Carr, Verna Lee (People Against Violent Crime)
 
 
 
 
HB  485
 
    For:
Lacey, Cecil  (Self and Justice of the Peace & Constables Assoc. and Harris Co. Pct #4 Constables Dept)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Elfant, Bruce (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
 
 
Klein, Jeffrey A.  (Self)
 
 
Mitchell, Elwood (Harris County Constable Pct #4)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
Thompson, Judge Suzan (Justice of the Peace & Constables Asso)
 
 
 
 
HB  529
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
McCleskey, Gene (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
HB  1035
 
    For:
Jordan, John (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan Reed)
 
 
Jones, James (Houston Police Department)
 
 
Marticiuc, Hans (Houston Police Officers Union)
 
 
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Young, Gary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  1161
 
    For:
Dix, George  (Self)
 
 
Villarreal, Celeste (TCDLA (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn))
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Jordan, John (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Sloan, M. Madison (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
 
 
HB  1234
 
    For:
Kuboviak, Jim  (Self and Brazos County Attorneys Office)
 
 
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Rich III, Charles H. (Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed)
 
 
Weeks, David P.  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Coffey, Mimi  (Self)
 
 
Hoover, Chris  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Miller, Rick  (Self)
 
    For:
Shapleigh, Ballard (District Attorney's Office - 34th Judicial District)
 
 
Spratt-Anderson, Melanie  (Self)
 
 
Wasson, Felicia L. (Dallas County District Attorney, Craig Watkins)
 
 
Young, Gary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  1611
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Villarreal, Celeste (TCDLA (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn))
 
 
 
 
HB  1658
 
    For:
Waldrip, Dib  (Self and Texas Violent Gangs Task Force)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Jordan, Paul (Texas DPS Criminal Intelligence SVC)
 
 
Norris, Veronica S. (TX DPS Criminal Intelligence Service)
 
 
 
 
HB  1810
 
    For:
Bradley, John  (Self and Williamson County)
 
 
Jordan, John (Harris County Dist. Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Villarreal, Celeste (TCDLA (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan Reed)
 
 
Kuboviak, Jim  (Self)
 
 
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Shapleigh, Ballard (District Attorney's Office - 34th Judicial District)
 
 
Weeks, David P.  (Self)
 
 
Young, Gary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2304 - Committee Substitute  (Pena)
 
    For:
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Assn's of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2307 - Committee Substitute  (Pena)
 
    For:
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Assn's of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2307
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs)
 
 
Jones, James (Houston Police Department)
 
 
Marticiuc, Hans (Houston Police Officers Union)
 
 
 
 
HB  3692
 
    For:
Babbitt, Catherine (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan Reed)
 
 
McCluskey, John  (Self)
 
 
Welch, Tillmin G (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Camp, Torie (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Moyers, Celeste (Safer Online Dating Alliance)
 
 
Rodriguez, Ana (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Spratt-Anderson, Melanie (Upton County Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  3858
 
    For:
Cercone, Al (JPCA (Justice of the Peace and Constables Association))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Elfant, Bruce  (Self and Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
 
 
Lacey, Cecil  (Self and Harris Co. Pct #4 Constables Dept)
 
 
Mitchell, Elwood (Harris County Constable, Pct #4)
 
 
Thompson, Suzan (JPCA (Justice of the Peace & Constables Asso.))
 
 
 
 
HJR 6
 
    For:
Babbitt, Catherine (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan Reed)
 
    For:
McCluskey, John  (Self)
 
 
Welch, Tillmin G. (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Camp, Torie (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
Moyers, Celeste (Safer Online Dating Alliance)
 
 
Rodriguez, Ana (Texas Council on Family Violence)