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Rocking the Mag Court

By Shawn Matlock

The Magistrate's Court. It's in the basement of the Tarrant County Justice Center. It's not a real court (I don't mean that in a bad way). It's the place where felony cases go typically before they have been indicted for the purposes of determining whether a defendant has an attorney or if she qualifies for a court appointed attorney and to handle quick pleas. Some attorneys flourish there. It's possible to go into Mag Court and get appointed several cases and quickly get them pled out and make a quick thousand bucks. Some attorneys, however, don't do as well. Guess the group to which I belong. I don't like Mag Court. I never had. It seems like the most unholy of dockets. If I've previously been appointed to a felony case, I will generally meet with my new client while she is still in jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on August 04, 2008 (boomark / email).