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A Defensive Coup?

By Shawn Matlock

Last week was the Republican runoff for the 213th District Court. As I have written before, this is a criminal court, and obviously is of some importance for people like me. During the primary, there were three candidates; Bill Ray, the local defense attorney, Lisa Callaghan, the career prosecutor, and Louis Sturns, a former District Court and Court of Criminal Appeals judge. Sturns was appointed to fill the vacancy of the 213th when Judge Bob Gill stepped down earlier in the year. The primary results were less than appealing to most defense attorneys I spoke to. Bill Ray garnered only about 22% of the vote. Judge Sturns took about 35% of the vote, while Lisa Callaghan had about 45%. Since no one received a majority, Sturns and Callaghan went to the runoff on April 8th...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 12, 2008 (boomark / email).