WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 18, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon adjournment
For:
Butler, A B (Self)
Carter, David (Self)
Dupree, Cornelius (Self; Self)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Pinchback, Johnny (Self)
Session, Cory (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
Smith, Billy (Self)
Wiggins, David (Self)
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Beauchamp, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Bethke, Jim (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Slayton, David (Texas Office of Court Administation, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Smith, Emely k (Self)
Against:
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Willing, Seana (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
For:
Coughlin, John (Self; Southwest Transportation Security Council)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Gates, Spence (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Haley, Ivette (Ivy) (Self)
Lawrence, Philipw (Tech data corporation)
Lohmann, Frederick (Self; National Insurance Crime Bureau)
Rodriguez, John (Self; Cardinal Health)
Thompson, Jay (Afact,nicb)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Burklund, Adam (American Insurance Association)
Chopin, Chris (Self; City of Grand Prairie, Police Department)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Pitts, Jr, John (UPS)
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police David Brown.)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
For:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Roe, Jan (Self; CopSync, Inc, and local government)
On:
Howe, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chaney, Russell (Self; WarrantSync/COPsync)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Hosek, Chris (Brooks Bawden, llc)
Huling, Robert (Self)
Kuykendall (Pronouce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association
(supports HB 121 Committee Substitute))
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Rapp, Jason (Self)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
On:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Lewis, Bill (Self; Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
For:
Jermstad, Todd (Self)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Lowry, Lance (AFSCME Texas Correctional Employees (Huntsville))
Quong Charles, Kymberlie (Grassroots Leadership)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Carter, David (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Diepraam (deeprom), Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney's Office)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorneys Office)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
King, Sha (Stephenville Police Department)
Woodruff, Jeremy (Erath County Sheriff's Office)
Against:
Huling, Robert (Self)
Molnar, Mary sue (Self; Texas voices)
Taylor, Philip (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bryant, Beth (Self)
Cavagnaro, Gary (Self)
Harbour, David (Self)
Harris, Janice (Self)
Hendrickson, Albertine (Self)
Hendrickson, Sven (Self)
Marana, Peter (Self)
Pearson, Wesley (Self)
Rainbolt, Chris (Self)
Rambeau, Mary (Self)
Rizos, Michael (Self)
Robinson, Sherry (Self)
Rushing, Bill (Self)
Rushing, Rosie (Self)
Sessions, Michael (Self)
Vancil, Eric (Self)
For:
Diepraam (deeprom), Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Foster, Robert (Austin pd)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Lewis, Bill (Self; Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Mabe, Richard (Austin police department)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Against:
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Khan, Qasim ibn Ali (Self)
Petty, Keely (Bethel Prevention Coalition Drug Free Communities)
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Lucas, Shannon (March of Dimes)
Thibaudeau, Eva (Self)
Against:
Huling, Robert (Self)
On:
Huling, Robert (Self)
On:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Dix, George (Self)
Gutierrez, Dahlia M. (Self)
Vasquez, John (Self)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Slayton, David (Texas Office of Court Administation, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican american bar association of texas)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County)
On:
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Diepraam, Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney)
Diepraam (deeprom), Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Rivera, Joel (Self; Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Kuykendall (pronounce: kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Ratliff, Thomas (Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
For:
Guerra, Arcadio R. (Self; South tx property owners)
Rivera, Joel (Self; Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office)
On:
McCleskey, Gene (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Howard, Robert (South Texans' Property Rights Association)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Welch, Tillmin (Self)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
On:
Chrane, Justin (Texas DPS -Highway Patrol)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
For:
Curry, Alan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Lee, Jeff (Self; Harris County Constable Pct 4)
Pridgeon, Joel (Self; Austin Police Department)
On:
Cantu, Brenda (Office of Attorney General)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Anderson, Tim (Chair - national center for missing and exploited children)
Arnold, Cory (Montgomery County Pct. 4 Constables Office)
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Brewster, William (Self; Icac task force)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Diepraam, Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Huckabee, James (Self; Houston-Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force)
Jones, Jeffery (Self)
Jones, Nancy (Self; HPD/ICAC)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Martinez (Self; Montgomery County pct 3 Constables Office)
Moats, Bruce (Self; Fort Bend County/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force)
Nettles, David (Self; Houston metro internet crimes against children)
Patten, Susan (Time Warner Cable)
Pietsch, Jeff (Self; Harris county sheriff office/ICAC)
Pulcher, Cynthia (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugarland)
Seals, Mark (Houston metro area internet crimes against children task force)
Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Sprague (Self)
Spurger, Gary (Self; Harris county constables pct4)
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)
Taylor, Shannon (Self; Houston-Metro area ICAC Task Force)
Tittle, Gary (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Wyatt, Sarah (Self; Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force)
For:
Carter, David (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry Inc.)
Matheny, David (Self)
Rathner, Todd (NFA Freedom Alliance)
Tripp, Alice (Texas state rifle association)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
For:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Diepraam, Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Watson, Latesha (Arlington Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Pina, Andres (Arlington TX Police Department)
Tittle, Gary (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Against:
Ratliff, Thomas (Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association)
For:
May, Matt (Houston Police Department)
Upton, Randall (Houston Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Diepraam, Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Diepraam, Warren (Self; Waller County District Attorney)
Dye, Steve (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
For:
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of Texas)
Against:
Carter, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Against:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Wester, Heath (TMPA)
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