WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Against:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
New, Gregory (Grand Prairie Police Dept)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Earl, Andrea (AARP Texas)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge #39)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Sparks, Andrea (Not On Our Watch Texas)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner Internationsl)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hampton, W. Tyler (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chavez, Courtney (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Malik, Natasha (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Downes, Angela (Self; UNT Dallas College of Law)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Dept of Texas)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Self; Office of Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare)
Malik, Natasha (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)
Against:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Wilson, Thomas (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Colby, Adam (Self; TX Financial Crimes Intelligence Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge #39)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Piercy, Olivia (Self; Bitcoin Depot)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
For:
Haile, Jeremy (For The People)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chavez, Courtney (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Malik, Natasha (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Dick, Shawn (Self; Williamson County District Attorney)
Ligon, Brett (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Waddle, Amy (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Against:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bassett, Sam (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Butler, Burke (Texas Defender Service)
Deborde Hochglaube, Nicole (Self)
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
McKinney, Troy (Self)
Miles, Richard (Self)
Patton, Joe (Self; Dallas County Public Defender’s Office)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Raley, John (Self)
Rosenthal, Jeremy (Self)
Scoggin, Bay (Innocence Project)
Udashen, Gary (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
Vasquez, Anna (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ware, Mike (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)
On:
Middleton, Brian (Fort Bend County District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kaplan-Lyman, Jeremy (Self)
Katz, Walter (Innocence Project)
Malik, Natasha (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
On:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge #39)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
For:
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Willeford, Stephen (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun owners of america)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Tuccio, Nick (National Rifle Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Carroll, Monte (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
For:
Haile, Jeremy (For The People)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chavez, Courtney (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Costello, Alicia (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Malik, Natasha (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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