WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 16, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Dieter, Alison (Self; Texas moratorium network)
Against:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Clingman, Teresa (Self; Midland District attornets Office)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Larman, Jason (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Douglas, James (Self; NAACP Houston Branch)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)
On:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Earnest, Daniel (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Meadows, Randle (Arlington police association)
Moscoso, Washington (San antonio police officer's association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County)
On:
Malinak, Frank (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
For:
Kirby, Brad (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network, Vice President)
Caraway, Kippy (City of houston)
Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)
Against:
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Clingman, Teresa (Self; Midland District attornets Office)
Clingman, Teresa (Self; Midland District Attorneys Office)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Larman, Jason (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Meadows, Randle (Arlington police association)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Malinak, Frank (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earnest, Daniel (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Moscoso, Washington (San antonio police officer's association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Richardson, Kent (Ofice of the Attorney General)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Ehlers, Scott (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Against:
Solomon, Rex (Self; Houston Jewelry Inc, Texas Jewelry Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network, Vice President)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Harrison, Robert (5507)
Hulsey, Steve hulsey (Self; East Texas Gold Buyers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Oeller, Carol (Harris County Pretrial Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas county)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Olson, Anne (TX Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Moore, Les (Irving Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Luna, Vilma (City of Irving)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Adinoff, Bryon (Self; Mothers against teen violence)
Baker, Rebecca (Self; The Jim Utley Foundation)
Strickland, Joy (Mothers Against Teen Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
King, Brent (Self; Chelsea's Shield)
Neustein, Morgan (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Earnest, Daniel (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Forburger, Kristin (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Kahan, Andy (Self)
Levey, Dan (National organization of parents of murdered children)
Meadows, Randle (Self; Arlington police association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas police association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police officers association)
Taylor, Clay (Department of Public Safety Officers Association)
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Holman, Brian (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
On:
Turner, Ryan (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Turner, Ryan (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Freeman, Candice (Self; Galveston County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Dunklee, Caitlin (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Heinrichs, Jan (Self; Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Martinez, Joel N. (Self; United Methodist Church)
Moorhead, Bee (Self; Texas Impact)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Van Steenburg, Robert (Self)
Against:
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Larman, Jason (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Devlin, Eric (Self; Houston ICAC)
Savage, Garth (Arlington police department)
Spurger, Gary (Houston ICAC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burdett, Jeff (Texas Cable Association)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Donder, Lauren (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
McClure, Madeline (Self; Texprotects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Patten, Susan (Time warner cable)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Bunn, Von (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Malinak, Frank (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
On:
Jennings, Floyd (Harris County Public Defender)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kirby, Holly (Grassroots Leadership)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
For:
Branch, Cherlyn (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Holman, Brian (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
On:
Turner, Ryan (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Turner, Ryan (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caraway, Kippy (City of houston)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pewitt, Bill (Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas)
For:
Griffin, Kathryn (Self)
Jermstad, Todd (Self)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Thomas, Christopher (Self; Jasper County CSCD)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
For:
Hoffman, Peggy (Dallas county criminal court no 9)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Griffin, Kathryn (Self)
Heintze, Wayne (Harris County Sheriff's Office Reentry Program)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Edwards, D. Lee (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clingman, Teresa (Self; Midland District Attorneys Office)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Webb, Rainey (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clingman, Teresa (Self; Midland District Attorneys Office)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Larman, Jason (Montgomery county criminal district attorney's office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Mitchell, Forrest (Office of the Attorney General)
Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
For:
Fouts, Michael (Self; 39th District Attorney)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahse, Morgan (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fouts, Michael (39th District Attorney)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, 34th District Attorney (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson
Counties))
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Joy, Ron (Department of Public Safety)
Preston, Terry (Department of Public Safety)
Reynolds, Wynn (Department of Public Safety)
For:
Gaither, Nell (Self)
Stabler, Meghan (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
Stevens, Simone (Self)
Williams, Daniel (Equality Texas)
Against:
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mitchell, Marshall (Self; Secular legislve action committee)
O'Raghallaigh, Cavan (Self)
Reyna, Lance (Self)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Smith, N. J. (Self)
For:
Newton, Chris (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Self)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
For:
Newton, Chris (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Self)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
West, John (Office of the Inspector General TDCJ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
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