WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
May  8, 2007 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
SB  6
 
Against:
England, Samuel J (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Amacker, Karen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
 
 
SB  159
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bethke, James (Task Force on Indigent Defense)
 
 
 
 
SB  167
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Colfax, Edwin (The Justice Project)
 
 
Garcia, Lisa A. (Innocence Project
Barry Scheck & Stephen Saloon)
 
 
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Villarreal, Celeste (TCDLA-Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Blanton, Whitney (Comptroller's Office - as resource witness)
 
 
Higgins, Leonard (Comptrollers Office SB 167 -Resource only)
 
 
 
 
SB  280
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Harrell, Will (ACLU, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
Marton, Janet (Harris County
Harris County Justice Courts)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Pitchinson, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Roppolo, Sheryl (JP 3-1 Justice of the Peace Harris County)
 
 
Villarreal, Celeste (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
 
 
SB  306
 
    For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
Pitchinson, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Villarreal, Celeste (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
SB  499
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Colfax, Edwin (The Justice Project)
 
 
Harrell, Will (ACLU, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
Villarreal, Celeste (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnson, Pat (Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory)
 
 
 
 
SB  634
 
Against:
England, Samuel J (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Nichols, Eric (Office Of The Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
SB  1448
 
    For:
Harrell, Will (ACLU, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
Totman, Molly (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kirk, Chris  (Self and Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jones, James (Houston Police Department)
 
 
Yañez-Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
SB  1558
 
    For:
Wolf, Laura (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Harrell, Will (ACLU, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
 
 
SB  1796
 
     On:
Johnson, Pat (Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory)