CONTACT DAVID FINN CONTACT DAVID FINN Probation Overhaul Bill Passes HB 2193 passed. Its key features: Credit for time spent in jail as a condition, or time spent in a court-ordered program or facility, is mandatory. Maximum probation terms for third-degree felonies...
CONTACT DAVID FINN CONTACT DAVID FINN Discovery Bill Not Dead-Yet Remaining reciprocal discovery bill may have life. David Finn SB560, the reciprocal discovery bill, remains dead. However, the Senate amended HB969 with all the language from SB560, plus language that...
CONTACT DAVID FINN CONTACT DAVID FINN One to Watch-Due Process ONE TO WATCH – SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND DUE PROCESS Coleman v. Dretke, U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals No. 03-50743 Coleman was convicted of burglary of a habitation in 1986. While on...
CONTACT DAVID FINN CONTACT DAVID FINN Expunction Bill Passes Texas House Judge David Finn SB166 passed the House. It provides: Art. 55.03. EFFECT OF EXPUNCTION. When the order of expunction is final: (1) the release, maintenance, dissemination, or use of the expunged...
CONTACT DAVID FINN CONTACT DAVID FINN Texas Probation Overhaul Bill: Big Changes? Here are some of the features of SB1266, the probation reform bill currently in the Senate and likely to be voted on soon: Shortens the period of supervision for some (non 3g) offenses...
