WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 29, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Baumgartner, Chase (Innocence Project of Texas)
Butler, Burke (Self; Texas Defender Service)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Mollberg, Nicholas (Self)
On:
Wolff, Benjamin (Office if Capital and Forensic Writs)
For:
Butler, Burke (Self; Texas Defender Service)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
On:
Wolff, Benjamin (Office if Capital and Forensic Writs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Mollberg, Nicholas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Mollberg, Nicholas (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Brooks, Lyndi (Kaufman County District Attorney’s Office)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney’s Office)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Mollberg, Nicholas (Self)
For:
Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Rathner, Todd (Knife Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Burks, Brody (Texas Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks Assoc.)
On:
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Tucker, Terra (Self; Alliance for Safety and justice)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Ortega Carter, Dolores (Travis County Treasurer)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Public Citizen)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Brown, Lane (Office of the Attorney General)
Sanchez, Ricardo (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Bond, Laura (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Waddle, Amy (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Against:
Marzulli, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Krenek, Tricia (Self; Justice of thE Peace & Constable Association (JPCA))
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tucker, Terra (Self; Alliance for Safety and justice)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Krenek, Tricia (Self; Justice of thE Peace & Constable Association (JPCA))
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
On:
Taylor, Kristi (Texas Judicial Commission om Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
On:
Simpson, Jennie (Health and Human Services Commission)
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