WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 25, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Chandler, Gary (Texas DPS Officers Association)
Craft, Lon (Tmpa)
Flint, Marla (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)
Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Flint, Marla (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Linder, Nelson (Self; President, NAACP-Austin)
Mata, Johnny (Greater houston coalition for justice)
McGiverin, Brian (Self)
Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights comittee)
Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights comittee)
Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)
Watson, Dwight David (Self)
Against:
Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
On:
Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lowry, Lance (AFSCME Huntsville Texas Correctional Employees)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Flint, Marla (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk.org)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Linder, Nelson (Self; President, NAACP-Austin)
McGiverin, Brian (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Association for the Protection of Children/ TexProtects)
Walters, Mark (Self)
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Luna, Roland (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Mahurin, Heather (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio / San Antonio Police Dept)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Walker, Kwame (The City of Austin)
Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; Texas League of United Latin Americans Citizens)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mata, Johnny (Greater Houston coalition for Justice)
Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committee)
Self, Kathy (Self; Greater Houston Coalition For Justice)
Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater Houston coalition for justice)
Against:
Perkins, Bob (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Flint, Marla (Self)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
For:
Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)
Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Mata, Johnny (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice, presiding officer)
Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)
Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)
Against:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)
Against:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's association of texas)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
On:
Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's association of texas)
On:
Cantu, Brenda (Office of Attorney General)
On:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Tmpa)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
McAnally, Katherine (Self)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Self; Dallas County)
Williams, Cheryl (Self; Collin County Commissioner's Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Perkins, Bob (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Craft, Lon (Tmpa)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Huff, Kristen (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
McAnally, Katherine (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)
On:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Cantu, Brenda (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Craft, Lon (Tmpa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chandler, Gary (Texas DPS Officers Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
McAnally, Katherine (Self; Hill country childrens advocacy center)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Association for the Protection of Children/ TexProtects)
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Rytting, James (Self)
Vilbas, Nick (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Walters, Mark (Self)
Against:
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
For:
Flack, Jr, Joe (Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc)
Krasney, Mandi (Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arman, Justin (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
Against:
Good, Kenneth (Self; Pbt)
On:
Walstad, Scott (Professional Bondsman of Texas)
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Coffey, Mimi (Self)
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant county District Attorneys Office)
Gibbens, Bill (Texas Association of Crime Laboratory Directors)
Vilbas, Nick (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
On:
Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)
Against:
McAnally, Katherine (Self)
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Walters, Mark (Self)
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