WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 9, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradford, Kellyn (Texas pta)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Mcdonough, Peter (Self)
On:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Sibley, Kathryn (Department of family and protective services)
For:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Kirk, Chris (Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Mcdonough, Peter (Self)
For:
Been, Terri (Self; Kids Against the Death Penalty, Texas Abolition Movement, Texas
Moratorium Network, Amnesty International, Students Against the Death Penalty, and
Campaign to End the Death Penalty.)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Botello, Alyssa (Self)
Budde, Barbara A. (Self)
Cadena, Rachael (Self)
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
Cordes, Mary (Self)
Cowburn, Adam (Self)
Cowburn, Melyssa (Self)
Cruz Gonzales, Alma (Self)
Culpepper, Ciera (Self)
Dieter, Alison (Self; Texas moratorium network)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Foley, Aaron (Self)
Gonzales, Savannah (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Hesser, Leroy (Self)
Hinze, Karen (Self)
Huffmeyer, Kathleen (Self)
Hughes, Lily (Self; Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
Kindel, Erlinda (Self; Catholic Advocacy Day)
Lavy, Brendan (Self)
McCormick, Kevin (Self)
Meyer, Delia Perez (Self; Texas Moratorium Network , Campaign to End the Death Penalty ,
TX Abolition Movement & I have an innocent brother on death row- Louis C. Perez ... Thank
You very much . Delia Perez Meyer)
Miller, Joseph (Self)
Morin, Margarethe (Self)
Niemerg, Rebecca (Self)
Peters, Susan (Self)
Pichon, Clotilde (Self)
Richards, Terice (Self)
Seale, Marie (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Thieme, Karen (Self)
Underwood, Joanne (Self)
Wilkes, Sharon (Self)
Zarate, Beth (Self)
Zarate, Georgia (Self)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Mcdonough, Peter (Self)
For:
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Culpepper, Kenda (Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney)
Donder, Lauren (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Solis, Eddie (City of Abilene)
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Been, Terri (Self)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Cockrill, Kenneth (Houston Police Department)
Norling, Ty (Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 2, the office of Christopher E Diaz)
Romero, Andrew (Self; Austin police association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Bosse, Fred (American Insurance Association)
Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Earnest, Daniel (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Frazier, Frederick (The Dallas Police Association)
Galitski, Frank (Farmers insurance)
Goerlitz, Robert (HCDO)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Woods, Joe (Property CAsualty Insurers Assn. of America)
Against:
Been, Terri (Self)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Burks, Lori (Self; Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women For America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Olson, Anne (Tx baptist christian life commission)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women For America)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
On:
Bunn, Von (Office of the Attorney General)
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Davila, Yolanda (Legislative Budget Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Gonzales, Patricia (Self; William C. Velasquez Institute)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
McGiverin, Brian (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Romero, Jesse (Self; William C. Velasquez Institute)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for texas families)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Botello, Alyssa (Self)
Budde, Barbara A. (Self)
Cadena, Rachael (Self)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Cruz Gonzales, Alma (Self)
Culpepper, Ciera (Self)
Flickinger, Kimberly (Self)
Foley, Aaron (Self)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Hesser, Leroy (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women For America)
Hinze, Karen (Self)
Huffmeyer, Kathleen (Self)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)
Kindel, Erlinda (Self; Catholic Advocacy Day)
Lavy, Brendan (Self)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)
Miller, Joseph (Self)
Morin, Margarethe (Self)
Niemerg, Rebecca (Self)
Peters, Susan (Self)
Pichon, Clotilde (Self)
Richards, Terice (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Seale, Marie (Self)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Thieme, Karen (Self)
Underwood, Joanne (Self)
Wilkes, Sharon (Self)
Zarate, Beth (Self)
Zarate, Georgia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Trimble, Robert "Skip" (Self; Texas humane legislation network)
For:
Rabb, L.J. (Self; Cameron county district attorney office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Kirk, Chris (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
On:
Bunn, Von (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Kirk, Chris (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
For:
Walstad, Scott (Professional bondsman of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Good, Ken (Self)
Mccluskey, John (Self)
MCFARLIN, DON (PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN OF TEXAS)
Valenzuela, Joe (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
For:
Durham, Susan (South texans' property rights association)
Garza Jr, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)
Against:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
On:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)
Patton, Marissa (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Against:
Kirk, Chris (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
Rabb, L.J. (Self; Cameron County District Attorneys Office)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Kirk, Chris (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Houle, Kristin (Self; Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
For:
Rathner, Todd (Knife Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Culpepper, Kenda (Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
England, Brian (City of Garland)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Culpepper, Kenda (Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney-34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
Burks, Lori (Self; Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Olson, Anne (Tx baptist christian life commission)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McCollough, Scott (Data Foundry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Boatright, David (National Center for missing and exploited children)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Flores, Robert (Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney-34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
MacFarlane, Andy (Data Foundry)
For:
Hussey, Elizabeth (Self; Pflag Houston)
Hussey, Steven (Self)
Kriese, Tracy (Self)
Leo, Januari (Self; Legacy Community Health Services)
Manuel, Amy (PFLAG Denton)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Howe, Chris (Self)
McFall, Dion (Self; Stonewall Democrats Central Texas)
Mundwiller, Linda (Self)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Walsh, Christina (Self)
Wheaton, Karen (Self)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
For:
Borcherding, Jackie (Self; Williamson county district attorney's office)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
For:
Shannon, Michael (City of San Antonio)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint energy)
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Medina, Cris (Self; City of San Antonio)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundaiton)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tavakkoli, Amir (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Granberry, Amy (Self; Association of substance abuse programs)
Jermstad, Todd (Self)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Kirk, Chris (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
For:
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Against:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers)
Granberry, Amy (Self; Association of substance abuse programs)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of substance Abuse Programs)
Jermstad, Todd (Self)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney-34th Judicial District (El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Against:
Herberg, Clifford (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Henson, Scott (Innocence Project of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Beto, Barbara (Texas pta)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
On:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Sibley, Kathryn (Department of family and protective services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wheeler, Jim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assocation)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Lunceford, Celeste (Texas department of state health services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Granberry, Amy (Self; Association of substance abuse programs)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of substance Abuse Programs)
Kuykendall (pronounced Kirkindoll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
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