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More on Judge Fine and the Harris County Case

By Steve Hall

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"State's Death Penalty Statute at Issue in Upcoming Hearing," is the title of Mary Alice Robbins' report in the current issue of Texas Lawyer.A Houston judge who declared the state's death penalty statute unconstitutional has set an April 27 hearing to consider the issue.The statute is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, which sets out the requirements when the state seeks the death penalty against a defendant in a capital case.John Niland, trial project director for the Texas Defender Service (TDS) in Austin, predicts that 177th District Judge Kevin Fine's holding in the capital murder case of John E. Green will have a "ripple effect," prompting more criminal-defense attorneys to file motions seeking rulings that Texas' death penalty scheme is unconstitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).

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