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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS 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...
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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS 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,...
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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS 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...
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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS 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...
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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS 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...
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CONTACT DAVID FINN READ REVIEWS CONTACT US READ REVIEWS District Judge Barred From Cases Holly Huffman, an Eagle Staff writer, has reported that District Judge Rick Davis will not be allowed to preside over a series of upcoming cases assigned to his courtroom,...
