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David Marcel Fleischer is an American judge currently serving on the Harris County Criminal Court in Texas. [1] He was first elected to the position in 2018, running as a Democrat, and won reelection in 2022. [1] [2] [3] Fleischer is popular online for his unique style of holding defendants accountable while offering guidance. [4] [5]
Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Linn Clouse, formerly known as the Harris County Does, were a pair of formerly unidentified murder victims found outside of Houston, Texas in January, 1981. [1] After moving in the summer of 1980 with their infant daughter, Holly Marie, from Volusia County, Florida to Lewisville, Texas , [ 2 ] the Clouses stopped ...
Steven Alexander Hobbs (born February 23, 1971) is an American murderer, rapist and suspected serial killer who is known to have sexually assaulted multiple prostitutes around Harris County, Texas from 2002 to 2011, at least two of which were murdered.
Prior to 1923, Harris County took responsibility for executions of inmates in criminal cases involving the county. [17] In 1853 the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially the cemetery was the execution site, but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities. [18]
The various courts of appeals occasionally but rarely hand down conflicting rulings on the same legal issue. In large part, the Texas Supreme Court (in civil cases) or Court of Criminal Appeals (in criminal cases) exist to resolve these rare conflicts and to set forth consistent legal precedent for the state's litigants.
State of Texas v. Yolanda Saldívar was a criminal trial held at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Downtown Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] The trial began with the jury's swearing-in on October 9, 1995, through opening statements on October 12, to a verdict on October 23.
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The case ended in a mistrial. Other notable cases included the trial of Harris County Commissioner Bob Eckels, accused of stealing bridge timbers, and David Port, who was indicted for the murder of a Houston letter carrier. After leaving the bench, McMaster continued to practice law, before finally retiring in 1999.