WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 23, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caraway, Kippy (City of hoouston)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Elkin, Bill Elkin (Houston Police Retired Officers Assocition)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)
Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
Patterson, Jeff (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Attaway, Shane (Office of the Attorney General)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Romero, Andrew (Austin police association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Crow, Tim (Self; City of Gonzales Police Department, Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
Mclain, Tuck (Self)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (34th District Attorney Jaime Esparza)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Blackburn, Jeff (Innocence Project of Texas)
Henson, Scott (Innocence project of Texas)
Udashen, Gary (Innocence Project of Texas)
On:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
For:
Griffis, Craig (Self; Taylor county sheriffs office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Griffis, Lori (Self)
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
Olson, Anne (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (34th District Attorney Jaime Esparza)
On:
Attaway, Shane (Office of the Attorney General)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Against:
Lebkowsky, Jon (Self; EFF-Austin)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Tx electronic privacy coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Attaway, Shane (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Pursley, William (Austin Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police union)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Romero, Andrew (Austin police association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
McKee, R. Scott (Self; Henderson County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Landivar, Jorge (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Gilbert, Jack (Combine Police Department)
McBurney, Barbara (Self; City of Combine)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Against:
Allen, Stacy (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County & District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borgelt, Roger (Self)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Martinez, Weston (Self)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police union)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (34th District Attorney Jaime Esparza)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Schalchlin, Corwin (Department of Public Safety)
For:
Clark, Robert (Harris County / High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area)
Hammons, Michael (Ft. Bend County Narcotics Task Force)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Schalchlin, Corwin (Department of Public Safety)
For:
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County & District Attorney's Office)
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Schalchlin, Corwin (Department of Public Safety)
For:
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)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of business)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Against:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Hill, Rodney (Self; Hpd)
Taylor, Jimmy (Houston Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Thomas, Tammy (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriff's Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of business)
Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Against:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Haag, Scott (Self)
Schroeder, William (Self)
Woessner, Ronald (Self; COPsync Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justice of the Peace and Constable Association)
Kerbow, Becky (JPCA)
Pool, Leslie (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc of Texas)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of business)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
On:
Kerbow, Becky (Justices of the Peace and Constable Assn of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
For:
Henson, Scott (Self)
Landivar, Jorge (Self; Ariagora inc)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Tx electronic privacy coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for accountable government)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Lebkowsky, Jon (Self; EFF-Austin)
Macfarlane, Andrew (Data Foundry, Inc.)
McCollough, W Scott (Data Foundry, Inc.)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Against:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Against:
Cramer, John (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Long, Lance (Harris County Districy Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of business)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Texas Chapter)
Against:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Kendall, Angie (Texas department of public safety)
On:
Wells, Bettie (Board of Pardons and Paroles)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
Patterson, Jeff (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
On:
Owens, Rissie (Texas board of pardons and paroles)
For:
Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Against:
Long, Lance (Harris County Districy Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for accountable government)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Landivar, Jorge (Self)
Against:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Moscoso, Washington (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San antonio police officers association)
Smith, James (San antonio police department)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County & District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Hoffman, Peggy (Self; Dallas county criminal court no 9)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
On:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Patterson, Jeff (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
Blackburn, Jeff (Innocence project of texas)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Long, Lance (Harris County Districy Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Udashen, Gary (Innocence Project of Texas)
Against:
Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County & District Attorney's Office)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Taylor, Clay (Dept of public safety officers association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police union)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Blocker, Paul (Dallas County Public Defender's Office)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
On:
McGraw, Peter (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Weaver, Cathy (Self; Nami Austin)
Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriff's Association of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
For:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for accountable government)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police union)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Elkin, Bill Elkin (Houston Police Retired Officers Assocition)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
On:
Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Blackburn, Jeff (Innocence Project of Texas)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Cramer, John (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Long, Lance (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of business)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Kendall, Angie (Texas department of public safety)
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