WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 29, 2021 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Against:
Alexander, Minister Dominique (Next Generation Action Network)
Perry, Melissa (Self)
Russell, Lelani (Self)
Torres, Ruth (Self)
Walker, Dominique (Self; The Afiya Center)
On:
Reno, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
McClinton, Robert (Self; Bell County Sheriffs Department)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Griffin, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Morton, Michael (Self)
Ware, Mike (Innocence project of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
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For:
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
On:
Matheson, Kyle (Texas DPS)
Pierce, Cara (Office of the Attorney General)
Smith (San antonio police dept)
For:
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Against:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Alexander, Minister Dominique (Next Generation Action Network)
Redburn, Brian (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
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For:
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Fitting, Stefan (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
McClinton, Robert (Self; Bell County Sheriffs Department)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Association)
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Shiver, Scotty (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Muston, Billy (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Ware, Mike (Innocence project of texas)
On:
Wakeman, Wende (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project of Texas)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
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For:
Horton, Colten (Self)
Schumann, Gary (Self; LGBT Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Against:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Coleman, Hunter (Self)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Guidangen, Jason (Self; Equality Texas)
Hale, Angela (LGBTQ Chambers of Commerce)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Rudner, Steven (Self)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Colaition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Atrorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Fitting, Stefan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)
Neidert, Jake (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Wright, Dayton (Self)
For:
Alexander, Minister Dominique (Next Generation Action Network)
Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Fullinwider, John (Mothers Against Police Brutality)
Galloway, Garrett (Self)
Merritt, Stacy (Self)
Moore, Justin (Self; The Liberation fund)
Muston, Billy (Self)
Perry, Melissa (Self)
Reed, Jumeka (Self)
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For:
Russell, Lelani (Self)
Walker, Dominique (Self; The Afiya Center)
Washington, Daryl (Washington Law Firm)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
Against:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
McClinton, Robert (Self; Bell County Sheriffs Department)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Assoc)
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Shiver, Scotty (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Heimlich, Ed (Informed citizens)
Hillman, Eric (Self)
Malouff, Charlie (Self)
Morton, Michael (Self)
Schmidt, Robert (Self; Texas Employment Lawyers Association)
Ware, Mike (Innocence project of texas)
Against:
Wilson, Thomas (Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
For:
Caso, Chris (City of Dallas)
Reyes, Jesse (Dallas Police Department)
Torres, Ruth (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
McClinton, Robert (Self; Bell County Sheriffs Department)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Storm, Lara (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Atrorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
On:
Burkhart, Geoff (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project of Texas)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Atrorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Heimlich, Ed (Informed citizens)
Nolley, John (Self)
Ware, Mike (Innocence project of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Morton, Michael (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Atrorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
On:
Burkhart, Geoff (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Clean Slate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Simons, Cynthia (Self; Texas Women's Justice Coalition)
For:
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
McClinton, Robert (Self; Bell County Sheriffs Department)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Against:
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Pierce, Cara (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Fitting, Stefan (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/State Fop)
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