WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 15, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Blocker, Paul (Self; Dallas County)
Valderas, Elizabeth (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
On:
Frost, Lynda (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Oakley, James (Burnet County)
On:
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
For:
Damianoff, Greg (City of Houston)
Rivas-Rivas, William (Self; Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Against:
Armstrong, George (Responsible Pet Owners Alliance)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Against:
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Mathis, Elton (Waller County DA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Brown, Michelle (Self)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Ratliff, Thomas (Harris / Ft. Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
For:
Petroff, Kevin (Galveston County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
For:
Neighbor, Brad (City of Garland)
Stanley, Stephen (Self; City of Garland)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Harmon, Micah (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Kuykendall (pronounce: KIRK-en-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Travis, William (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
For:
Wilson, Patrick (Ellis county & district attorney's office)
Against:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Sowder, Mary (Department of state health services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Bunin, Alex (Self; Harris County Public Defender)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ratliff, Thomas (Harris / Ft. Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Blocker, Paul (Self; Dallas County)
Forest, Donna (We been there done that.)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Griffin, Kathryn (Self; Weve been there done that hcso re entry)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Perez, Matilda (We been there done that)
Riles, Lisa (We been there and done that)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Ratliff, Thomas (Harris / Ft. Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
For:
Cordeiro, Jon (Self; New Name Ministries)
Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))
Molnar, Mary sue (Self; Texas voices)
Ward, Leigh (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anthony, Earl (Self)
Anthony, Jo ann (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bryant, Beth (Self)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marana, Peter (Self)
Rainbolt, Chris (Self)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Smith, James (San antonio police officers association)
Smith, Raymond (Self)
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Fitch, Michael (Texas Association of Sports Officials)
For:
Vickers, Eric (Self; Abilene Police Department and CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Marshall, Edward (Texas Attorney General)
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Cruse, Kelly (New Friends New Life)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mills, Tom (New Friends New Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pedigo, Katie (New Friends New Life)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Lowe, Kelly (Texas legislative council)
For:
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Heard, Courtney (Dept. of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Heard, Courtney (Dept. of State Health Services)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Brown, Michelle (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
For:
Lynn, Chad (Austin Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Hall, David (Self; Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)
Huff, Jim (Live oak county bee county mcmullen county)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Self; Goliad County)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))
Heinrich, Mark (Lubbock County)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Lewis, Justin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Norman, John (Self; Garza County)
Oakley, James (Burnet County)
Oakley, James (Burnet County)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Traylor, Kelly (Cherokee county)
Underwood, Byron (Cherokee County)
For:
Groff, Richard (New Braunfels Police Department)
Powell, Glenn (Self)
Powell, Halie (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal Co Criminal District Attorney)
Tovar, Joseph (New Braunfels Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
For:
Koegler, Brenda (Self; League of Women Voters of texas)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caruthers, Jamey (Children at Risk)
Chimene, Grace (Self)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))
Pedigo, Katie (New Friends New Life)
On:
McFarland, Adrienne (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Escamilla, Monetta (Self)
Wright, Dwayne (Chambers County Sheriff's Office)
On:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Peal, Scott (Chfambers County Attorney's Office)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Sparks, Andrea (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
For:
Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring (the new Lutheran Social Services of the South))
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
For:
Peal, Scott (Chambers County, Chambers County Judge, Chambers County Justices of the
Peace)
Wright, Dwayne (Chambers County Sheriff' Officem)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas Diatrict and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
On:
Dillard, Annabelle (Texas Department of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Person, Kathleen (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
On:
Turner, Ryan (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ragsdale, William (City of Ingram, Texas)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Oakley, James (Burnet County)
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