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Judge Says Defense Attorney in Medina Death Penalty Case Was Qualified

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pThat#39;s the title of today#39;s Dallas Morning News article on the case Hector Medina written by Tiara Ellis.#0160; LINK/pdiv style=margin-left: 40px;span class=vitstorybodyspan class=vitstorybodyp A Dallas County judge quickly ruled Wednesday that the lead defense attorney in the Hector Medina death penalty trial was qualified for the job, even though her name was not on a list of attorneys approved to handle capital punishment cases. /p p Donna Winfield was on the list a few years ago, has experience and attended continuing education classes to prepare for the trial. As a result, state District Judge Andy Chatham said, she was qualified and capable of doing the job. Dallas County prosecutors agreed. /p p But a question remains as to whether Ms...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).