Blog Posts in December, 2011
Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
The local Fox affiliate reported Monday night that Harris County is accepting bids to privatize the Harris County Jail, including one from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Problems with ...
Continue reading "Prison Profiteers Coming to Town? (Updated)" »
Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
Today, the Houston Chronicle, citing TXDoT, reported that in 2010 there were 3,409 cell phone related accidents with 46 fatalities. The article was about the unlikelihood of Texas following the ...
Continue reading "Texas Likely to Ignore NTSB on Cell Phones" »
Posted on Dec 8, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
A jury of twelve people, who had no reasonable doubt about LaDondrell Montgomery's guilt, got it wrong. He was in jail when the robbery they convicted him of last month occurred. There is no doubt ...
Continue reading "Oops!...We Did it Again" »
Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
I recently told a jury in opening statements that they, "would see a video-recorded walk-through of the home the day after the fire, showing nothing packed, a cell phone still on a bedside table ...
Continue reading "Video Evidence - Don't Ask, Don't Tell" »
Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
It's often said that a DWI arrest can happen to anyone, and does. This past weekend both the current head of the Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA), Randy Babitt, and 2010 Miss USA, Rima Fakih, ...
Continue reading "Beauty Queen Blows, Texans Probably Shouldn't" »
Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
The extent to which this blog will comment on the race for Harris County District Attorney (as if anyone cares what I think) is to make the following observations about matters that will affect ...
Continue reading "Gov. Perry Will Decide Republican DA Primary, Not Cops" »
Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
News reports indicate that Dennis Earley and Paulette Parsons, an Alabama couple, are being held in the Liberty County Jail after allegedly leading police on a high speed chase in a stolen car that ...
Continue reading "Two for the Road" »