Archive for May 2002
A Case of Capital Mistrial
A Case of Capital Mistrial Capital Mistrial Attorney Katherine Scardino and Attorney Jimmy Phillips Jr. were appointed to a high profile capital murder case in the 184th Criminal District Court in Harris County. Scardino’s client and his cousin were charged with Capital Murder in the September 4th shooting deaths of two employees at the Hollywood…
Read MoreThe Case of the Police Officer Abuser
Ross Palmie represented an individual who was charged with assaulting a police officer while on probation for the same charge. Investigators canvassed the neighborhood where the incident took place, finding an impartial third party witness that verified the defendant’s story that he did not assault the police officer. The witnesses testified in court on the…
Read MoreThe Case of the Borrowed, But Stolen Auto
Jonathan Paull represented an individual who had gotten involved in an accident while driving his friend’s vehicle. The friend, later becoming the complainant, told his insurance company that the defendant did not have permission to take his vehicle. The defendant was subsequently charged. Investigators interviewed witnesses who verified that the defendant had driven the complainant’s…
Read MoreThe Case of the Abusive HPD Boyfriend
The Case of the Abusive HPD Boyfriend Attorney Brett Ligon and Attorney Aaron J. Suder represented a Houston Police Department officer charged with assault to do bodily injury by his former girlfriend. Investigators interviewed the defendant’s neighbors, who did not support the complainant’s version of the noise caused by the early morning incident. Information…
Read MoreA Drug Testing Incident
DRUG TESTING Attorney Phillip Hilder acquired a case involving the possession of methamphetamine and needed immediate drug testing upon the defendant’s release on bond. Arrangements were made through a local drug testing lab and the defendant was drug tested for the presence of methamphetamine in his blood and urine. The results were obtained within days of…
Read MoreThe Case of the Oppressed HPD Officer
Official Oppression: Acquittal Attorney Aaron J. Suder and Attorney Brett Ligon represented a Houston Police Department officer charged with official oppression. The Houston Police Department officer was charged when a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper complained that he had used excessive force while making a DWI arrest. A Talk with the DWI Suspect The…
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