Dallas Criminal Lawyer – David Finn

Former county jail inmates fighting for their lives
Officials reject claims, say ‘good standard’ of treatment was provided
08:33 AM CDT on Thursday, April 19, 2007By KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News kkrause@dallasnews.com
They walked into the Dallas County Jail, two men with drug problems.
They ended up in Parkland Memorial Hospital’s emergency [...]

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Tenacious T: Terri Moore Shakes Things Up at the Dallas County DA’s Office
By Miriam RozenTexas LawyerMonday, April 16, 2007
Terri Moore still hasn’t found time to hang pictures. The new first assistant district attorney at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has only gotten as far as placing the framed mementos from her 14-year career as [...]

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A New Day: Democrats Make Their Presence Known at the Dallas County Courthouse
By Mark DonaldTexas LawyerMonday, April 16, 2007
For those lawyers who believe that the Democratic takeover of the Dallas County Courthouse won’t make a difference in the kind of justice dispensed within its many courtrooms, for those who believe that the voters’ banishment of [...]

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007NewsBlogs
Article By Glenna Whitley
Bully on the BenchWhen big-city lawyers appear in the courtroom of Judge Gene Knize, they better be prepared to duck and cover.
By Glenna Whitley Published: April 12, 2007
The 120 dutiful souls who’d answered their jury summons on January 9 had been sitting in the historic Waxahachie courthouse listening to [...]

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OPINIONEditorials
Just Another Failure06:42 AM CDT on Friday, April 6, 2007
At the risk of sounding just a little older than dirt, we do recall those days when Dallas County failing a state jail inspection was a big deal.
Page One, maybe. At least the top of the Metro section.
Not anymore. In April 2007, a failing grade from [...]

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New Dallas DA Begins Office OverhaulBy Mark DonaldTexas LawyerMonday, January 1, 2007
Craig Watkins didn’t wait until he was sworn in as the newly elected Dallas County District Attorney on Jan. 1 to begin molding his staff of more than 225 lawyers to blend with his prosecutorial philosophy. Less than a week earlier, eight top-level prosecutors [...]

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This came through on the TCDLA list serve and I thought it was a great list. Courtesy of attorney Brian Baker.
Lassaint v. State, 79 S.W.3d 736 Over the years, a nonexclusive list of factors has been developed to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to affirmatively link theaccused with the controlled substance:1. Whether the [...]

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