WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 18, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
(SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - Criminal Procedure)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kuykendall (Kir-ken-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
For:
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Mitchell-Dinkins, Kisha (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
David, Lisa (County & District Clerk Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney’s Office)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wilson, Thomas (Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Kuykendall, Rhonda (Fort Bend Co DA Office)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Swain, Jeff (Parker County District Attorney's Office)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Against:
Brand, Steven (Self; Tcdla)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Thompson, Rick (County Judge and Commissioners Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Novak, Andrew (Self; Dallas County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associaiton of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Hester, Tina (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associaiton of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
D’Antoni, Leighton (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney)
Matheson, Tracy (Self)
Swain, Jeff (Parker County District Attorney's Office)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Brand, Steven (Self; Tcdla)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyce, Liz (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney’s Office)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associaiton of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wilson, Thomas (Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Whelchel, Lloyd (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Travis County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyce, Liz (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Boyce, Liz (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney’s Office)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associaiton of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associaiton of Texas)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilson, Thomas (Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Saucier, Morgan (Self)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Commission on Jail Standards)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Gonzales, Terry (Self)
Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Place, Allen (Texas criminal defense lawyers association.)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
David, Lisa (County & District Clerk Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Trantham, David (Self; Denton County)
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Martinez, Justin (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Saftey and Justice)
Vargas, Kathryn (Self)
Against:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Wilson, Thomas (Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Place, Allen (Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriff Regional Alliance)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
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