WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 10, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Borinstein, Hetty (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Dozier, Teresa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Granberry, Amy (Self; Association of substance abuse programs)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)
Kinzly, Mark (Self; Texas Overdose Naloxone Initiative)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Rodriguez, Micah (Shatterproof)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Smith, Douglas (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Theiss, John (Self; Mental Health America of Texas)
Thibodeaux, Charles (Self; Texas overdose naloxone iniative)
For:
Gordon, Ami (Self; PawEdu)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
James, Carla (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Borinstein, Hetty (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Dozier, Teresa (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gentry, Karen (Self)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
For:
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Wilson, Patrick (Ellis County & District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Place, Allen (Self; Twxas criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assoc)
Hunt, Ray (Hpou)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Mau, Wesley (Hays County Criminal District Attorney's office)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, office of the chief of police)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Innocence Project of Texas)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Segura, Jeff (Dallas County Criminal Justice Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Left Up To Us)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
For:
Reynolds, Charles (Tarrant County Criminal Courts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cacciotti, Nelda (Tarrant County Criminal Courts)
Shugart, J. Gregory (Tarrant County Criminal Courts)
For:
G, G (Self)
Prada Pelaez, Marta (Self; Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc.)
On:
Huff, Kristen (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Dodson, Ruby (Self; TxAPN)
Dundas, Dorothy (Self; House of Accord)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gautreaux, Judy (Self; Mt.pleasant prayer network)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Giordano, Fiorella (Self; Bethesda church)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assoc)
Grace, Jim (Houston Area Women's Center)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Aposrolic Prayer Network)
Seago, John (Self)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Vincent, Suzanne (Self; Trinity fellowship church)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
For:
Mau, Wesley (Hays County Criminal District Attorney's office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wortley, Mackenzie (New Friends New Life)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Goodwin, Floyd (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bevel, Mary Kate (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Dodson, Ruby (Self; TxAPN)
Dundas, Dorothy (Self; House of Accord)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gautreaux, Judy (Self; Mt.pleasant prayer network)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Vincent, Suzanne (Self; Trinity fellowship church)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Ward, Kyle (TXPTA)
Ward, Kyle (TX PTA)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Rivera, Joel (Self; Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office)
Villarreal, Joel (Self; Rio Grande City)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
On:
Ayala, Phillip (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alanis, Maria (RGVTDW)
Chatelle, Melody (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fowler, Meredyth (Self)
Garcia, Elda (Self; RGVTDW)
Lopez, Irene (RGVTDW)
Medina, Amber (Self)
Perez, Esmeralda (RGVTDW)
Scurlock, Stephen (Self)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Weisfeld, Rosalie (RGVTDW)
Against:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)
On:
Powell, Ellis (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
For:
Deason, Doug (Self)
Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Borinstein, Hetty (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Dozier, Teresa (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Gentry, Karen (Self)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Left Up To Us)
Smith, Douglas (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harrison, Kimberly (Self)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Metzinger, Janie (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Dallas)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Self)
Gentry, Karen (Self)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Howell, Jason (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kinzly (Self)
Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Left Up To Us)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Thibodeaux, Charles (Self; Texas Overdose Naloxone Iniative)
On:
Wolff, Benjamin (Office of Capital and Forensic Writs)
For:
Nemir, Cygne (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Benz, Allison (Board of pharmacy)
Dodson, Gay (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Cantu, Brenda (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Harrison, Todd (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Mau, Wesley (Hays County Criminal District Attorney's office)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, office of the chief of police)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Nemir, Cygne (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Klein, Inna (Self; Nueces county)
Stith, David (State District Judge nueces county)
Wilson, Frances (Women's Shelter of South Texas)
On:
Cain, Camille (Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Harrison, Todd (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Gravell, Bill (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assc. of Texas)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McGruder, Rachel (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Against:
Cannon, Charles (Omnibase Services of Texas LP)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borinstein, Hetty (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Cummings, Patricia (Self)
Dozier, Teresa (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Left Up To Us)
Smith, Douglas (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Against:
Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL, Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Laboratory Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hubbard, John (Self; Ami Gordon, attorney)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Randolph, Ian (Ami Gordon)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradley, Susan (Self)
Connolly, Maren (Self)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Marsh, Deborah (Self)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Left Up To Us)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Treiber, Andre (Self)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hopkins, Terry (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
Smith, Douglas (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, office of the chief of police)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
On:
Kuntz, Jeremiah (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
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