WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 3, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Flores, Olga (Self)
Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney)
Morton, Michael (Self; Innocence Project)
Ochoa, Christopher (Self; NY Innocence Project)
Udashen, Gary (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
On:
Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blott, Mandy (Self)
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Boulette, Michael (Self; Archdiocese of San Antonio)
Chavira, Ashley (Self)
Coerver, Robert (Self; Diocese of Lubbock)
Cummings, Patricia (Self; Innocence Project of Texas & Innocence Project of New York)
Flores, Daniel (Self; Diocese of Brownsville)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Guillory, Bishop curtis guillory (Self; Diocese of beaumont)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, Michael (Proclaim Justice)
Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican American Bar Association of Texas)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Owens, Trey (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Ramirez, Elizabeth (Self; Innoncence project of texas)
Rivera, Cassandra (Self; Innocence project of texas)
Sanchez, Evangelina (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self)
Strickland, Joseph (Self; Diocese of Tyler)
Tristan, Denise (Self)
Vasquez, Anna (Self; Innocence Projecr of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Gruene, Katija (Green Party of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Mays, Dan (Appriss Inc.)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Lesko, Michael (Texas DPS)
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Christian Life Commission)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Knox, William M (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Espinosa, Manuel (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Gravell, Bill (Justices of the the Peace and Constables Assocation of Texas)
Holt, Lynn (Self; Texas Justice Court Judges Assn)
McBroom, Ronald (Self)
Stainton, James (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA (Texas Municipal Police Association))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Peal, Scott (Chambers County Attorney's Office)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Against:
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Alex, David (Self; Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County)
Jantzen, Charles (Harris County Constables Office, Pct. 5)
Katz, Robyn (Self)
Kemper, Chris (Self)
McManus, Catherine (Self; City of Irving)
Merck, Dr Melinda (Self)
Milligan, Jessica (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
Ortiz, Francesca (Self)
Shelby, Sandra (Self; Humane Society of North Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abraham (Self)
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Bobosky, Shelby (Self; President, Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Bone, Dana (Self)
Brown, Suzann (Self)
Buchanan, Lawrence Ray (Self)
Castillon, Oscar (Self)
Chang, Sherry (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Cooper, Susannah (Self)
Cross (Self)
Cummings, Alyssa (Self)
Davis, Bill (Self)
Davis, Caroline (Self)
Di Benedetto, Rainbow (Self)
Donahue, Laura (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Dowd, Natalie (Self)
Dwyer, Kelley (Self)
Fernandez, Viviana (Self)
Fette, Bernie (Self)
Flowers, Stacie (Self; East Texas Chapter President of the Texas Humane Legislation
Network)
Forsythe, Andrew (Self)
Foster, Caitlin (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gray, Jennifer (Self)
Grissom, Shelli (Self)
Gruene, Katija (Green Party of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hensley, Michelle (Self)
Herring, Lora (Self)
Herring, Patricia (Self)
Hobert, Ryan (Self)
Howard, Teresa (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Hunt, Sabrina (Self)
Hwang, Lan-lan (Self)
Jacaruso, Rachele (Self)
Jardina, Jo (Self)
Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the united states)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Jones, Nicole (Self; Austin Humane Society)
Kahle, Mary (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Kaim, Joan (Self)
Kamieneski, Tamara (Self)
Kenty, Margaret (Self)
Kovar, Ruby (Self)
Lehe, Denise (Self)
Loignon, David (Self)
Lon, Cynthea (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Marquette, Christine (Self)
Marshall, Kimber (Self)
McGinnis, Larry (Self)
McKeever, Rebecca (Self)
McKeon-Mueller, Amber (Self)
Medrano, Renae (Self)
Morris, Liz (Self)
Mueller (Self)
Natalie, Lynch (Self)
Norton, Brad (Self)
Norton, Jo anne (Self)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Randall, Daniel (Self)
RANDALL, JOAN (Self)
Ransom, Megan (Self)
Ric, Jamie (Self)
Robles, Estuardo (Self)
Robles, Gina (Self)
Robles, Rachelle (Self)
Russell-Fife, Lisa (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanford, Sam (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Schwartz, Andrea (Self)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Smith, Sharon (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, office of the chief of polic)
Torberson, Eric (Self)
Trimble, Robert (Self; THLN)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Weeks, Sarah (Self)
White, Geraldine (Self)
Whitley, Tracey (Self)
Womack, Stephanie (Self; Harris county constables, pct 5)
Zaboroski, Jessica (Self)
Zander, Alicia L (Self; Austin Pets Alive! Community Action)
Against:
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Lewis, Gib (Responible pet owners alliance)
On:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Owens, Trey (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Ross, Julie (Self; Dallas Down syndrome Guild)
Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
For:
Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Owens, Trey (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
For:
Bridge, Robert (Self)
Against:
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
On:
Thielke, Pamela (Texas department of criminal justice - parole division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blott, Mandy (Self)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Renaud, Jorge (Self; Texas advocates for justice)
Smith, Reginald (Self)
Walstad, Scott (Professional Bondsman of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Seitz, Mark (Self; Diocese of El Paso)
On:
Norris, Tracy (Texas Military Department)
For:
Sholund, Robert (San Antonio Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Noel (TMPA (Texas Municipal Police Association))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Strande, Robert (United States Postal Service)
On:
Owen, Justin (Texas DPS)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Goodwin, Floyd (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Meadors, Jerry (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA (Texas Municipal Police Association))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sunley, Robert (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Assoc.)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Clayton, Bryant (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
McCleskey, Gene (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Brown, Tremell (VIA Metropolitan Transit)
Jones, John (Capital Metro)
Witherell, Mark (VIA Metropolitan Transit)
Against:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Amaya, Juan (Self; Via metropolitan transit)
Campbell, Drew (Denton County Transportation Authority)
Castaneda, Tristen (Corpus Christy Regional Transit Authority)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Greene, Meredith (Texas Transit Association)
Heckler, Jeff (Brazos Transit District)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Miranda, Eddie (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (HoustonMETRO))
Owens, Trey (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Payne, Brent (ATU local 1091)
Prosser Elder, Bonnie (VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Brazos Transit District)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, James (San antonio police officers association)
Soto, Amalio (Self; VIA Metropolitan Transit)
Against:
Renaud, Jorge (Texas advocates for justice)
Taylor, Latosha (Self)
For:
Bunin, Alex (Self; Harris County Public Defender)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
For:
Grona-Robb, Brooke (Self)
On:
Goodwin, Floyd (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Holman, Melissa (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Boulette, Michael (Self; Archdiocese of San Antonio)
Coerver, Robert (Self; Diocese of Lubbock)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gruene, Katija (Green Party of Texas)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA (Texas Municipal Police Association))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Strickland, Joseph (Self; Diocese of Tyler)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goddard, Jessica (Self)
Mogavero, Terrie (Self; East Texans Against K2)
Peal, Scott (Chambers County Attorney's Office)
Pihota, Tina (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Johnson, Margie (Office Of Court Administration)
For:
Babb, James (Self; Tmpa)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Lujan, Ed (Dallas Police Dept)
Mayo, Kris (Round Rock Police Officers Association)
Monroe, Alexander (Self; Kerr County Sheriff's Office)
Smith, Sheldon (Self; Black Police Association of Greater Dallas)
Against:
Champion, Cassandra (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))
Bogan, Paul (Self; Williamson County Deputies Association)
Cook, David (CLEAT)
Gravell, Bill (Justices of the the Peace and Constables Assocation of Texas)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Harrison, Todd (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Association)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA (Texas Municipal Police Association))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Orton, Chris (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Peal, Scott (Chambers County Attorney's Office)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Suits, Stacy (Self; Travis County Constable Pct 3)
Sunley, Robert (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Assoc.)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Wilkison, Charley (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
On:
Connaughton, Jessica (Texas Legislative Council)
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Gilbeaux, Karyn Paige (Self)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Russell, Mary (Self; Tx catholic conference of bishops)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blott, Mandy (Self)
Boulette, Michael (Self; Archdiocese of San Antonio)
Coerver, Robert (Self; Diocese of Lubbock)
Flores, Daniel (Self; Diocese of Brownsville)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Guillory, Bishop curtis guillory (Self; Diocese of beaumont)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Seitz, Mark (Self; Diocese of El Paso)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self)
Strickland, Joseph (Self; Diocese of Tyler)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
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