WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 24, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Fitch, Michael (Texas Association of Sports Officials)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
For:
Cordeiro, Jon (Self; New Name Ministries)
Hammond, Julie (Self)
King, Edwina (Self)
Molnar, Mary sue (Self; Texas voices forreason and justice)
Taylor, Philip (Self)
On:
Thielke, Pamela (Texas department of criminal justice - parole division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alana, Grohman (Self)
Anthony, Earl (Self)
Anthony, Jo ann (Self)
Brooks, Lori (Self)
Brooks, Tim (Self)
Bryant, Beth (Self)
Haag, Colin (Self)
Harbour, David (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Haufler, Lisa (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kelly, Cynthia (Self)
King, Christopher (Self)
King, Nevetta (Self)
Leonardson, John (Self; MentorCare Ministries)
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Marana, Peter (Self)
Matthew, Bennett (Self)
Maverick, Hans (Self)
Mcenany, Nancy (Self)
Miller, Roger (Self)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Odell, Deborah (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Richards, Diana (Self)
Shier, Bill (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
On:
Gutierrez, David (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)
For:
Adams, Christopher (Self)
Frazier, Jessica (Bexar county District Attorneys Office)
Frazier, John (Self)
Saunders, Fred (Self)
Stewart, Lisa (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Hopkins, Brittany (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc.)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
Sibley, Adam (220th Judicial District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
For:
Prentice, Cara (Self)
On:
Thielke, Pamela (Texas department of criminal justice - parole division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
For:
Lozito, Michael (Bexar County)
Wheat, Jim (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Perez, Alfonso (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Rodriguez Jr, Gerald (Texas Association of Pretrial Services)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Perez, Patricia (Self)
Walstad, Scott (The Professional Bondsman of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Batey, Brandey (Self)
Berard, Amanda (Self)
Blocker, Seanda (Self)
Bonin, Cara (Self; Houston NORML)
Farley, Terr (Self)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Roper, Megan (Self; Roper & Mehler)
Whittington, LaTonya (Self; HCDP Precinct Chair 320/ Houston NORML)
Zartler, Mark (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barefoot, Michael (Self)
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bezant, Preston (Self)
Congdon, Rebekah (Self)
Davis, Noelle (Self)
Dias, Constance (Self; Sugar Land NORML)
Fawell, Amy (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self)
Gruene, Katija (Self; Green Party of Texas)
Haskett, Steven (Self)
Hopkins, Brittany (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lindsey, Leslie (Self)
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Marmon, Russtel (Self)
Martinez, Timothy (Self)
Meed, Alex (Self)
Mehler, Daniel (Self; Texas Association of Cannabis Lawyers)
Miller, Debra (Self)
Miller, Mark (Self; Libertarian Party)
Mize, Jimmie (Self)
Reeves, Alexander (Self)
Ruliffson, Robert (Self)
Simpson, Ryan (Self; The Libertarian Party of Texas)
Tashjian, Johanne-Kim (Self)
Thomas IV, Arthur (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
On:
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Dorsey, Jenny (Self)
Nielsen, Jon (Self)
Nielsen, Paul (Self)
On:
Piechowiak, Kimberly (Office of Court Administration)
Webb, Reilly (Office of the Governor)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Compton, David (Self; Texas Press Association; New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
Gallivan, Dusty (Self; Ector County)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Patterson, Bill (Self; Denton Record-Chronicle, TExas Press Association, self)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Romero, Andrew (Austin police association)
Williams, Kortney (Self; Ector County DA and CA)
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Kendall, Angie (DPS)
Kendall, Angie (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Lane, Bill (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
England, Brian (City of Garland)
Against:
Cohn, Joshua (EFF-Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Compton, David (Self; Texas Press Association; New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Neighbor, Brad (City of Garland)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Denton Record-Chronicle, TExas Press Association, self)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
Sibley, Adam (220th Judicial District Attorney)
On:
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Green, David (69th district attorney)
Against:
Keilen, Andrea (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc.)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
Sibley, Adam (220th Judicial District Attorney)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Cary, Mandi (Financial Casualty & Surety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Against:
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
On:
McFarland, Adrienne (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Sibley, Adam (220th Judicial District Attorney)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
For:
Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
On:
Johnson, Margie (Office Of Court Administration)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Thompson, Rodney (Texas Probation Association)
For:
Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender's Office)
On:
Johnson, Margie (Office Of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Wood, Michael (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP)
On:
Meadors, Jerry (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Against:
Bryant, Beth (Self)
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Maverick, Hans (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McCaffity, Mary (TDCJ Victim Services Division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
For:
Chacon, Meredith (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
For:
Moore, Steve (Self; Villa serena communities)
Petersen, Randall (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Romero, Andrew (Austin police association)
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney's Office)
Clauer, Ashley (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lieck, Cheryl (Self; Chambers county District Attorney)
Sepich, Jayann (Self)
Against:
Keilen, Andrea (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
On:
McFarland, Adrienne (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc.)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
James, Nick (Self; ANDE)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Pryor, William (ANDE)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Romero, Andrew (Austin police association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Whitcomb, Chris (ANDE)
Against:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
On:
Mills, Brady (DPS)
For:
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Petersen, Randall (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Keilen, Andrea (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Association)
For:
Umstattd, Thomas (Self)
Williams, Kortney (Self; Ector County DA and CA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc.)
Gallivan, Dusty (Self; Ector County)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Sibley, Adam (220th Judicial District Attorney)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Williams, Micah (Self)
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kaspar, Jana (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Person, Maria (Self)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney)
Against:
Lobsiger, Leah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association (TMPA))
Gomez, Mike (Tmpa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Meed, Alex (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Jones, Dexter (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
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