Results tagged “districtcourt”

Here is a bizarre news story that makes the Blue Elephant cry…

Remember the story of Joshua Mauldin, the man accused of burning his 2-month-old daughter, Ana, in a microwave? Turns out that was just a part of what happened: According to a Galveston police detective, Mauldin has also confessed to physically assaulting Ana and putting her in a hotel safe and refrigerator. The details came from Detective Holly Johnson, who testified in a bond-reduction hearing for Mauldin in Galveston yesterday morning:

Good morning, Houston. We're sure you've heard about the tornadoes that devastated the border city of Eagle Pass on Tuesday night, destroying buildings and killing at least 10 people. And now there's information on ways to help the people of Eagle Pass: State Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) has set up a page on his website with a list of places you can send donations, including banks and the San Antonio chapter of the Red...

In an unexpected move Wednesday, State District Court Judge Pat Shelton set the trial date for Ashley Paige Benton, the 16-year-old girl accused of stabbing a teen to death in a gang fight, at Aug. 7. The date is barely two months after Benton reportedly killed Gabriel Granillo during an ambush at Chew Park, and it's far sooner than attorneys on either side predicted. "I anticipate neither the state nor the defense is going to...

Turns out Jeff Skilling has a plan to save his skin after all: The former Enron CEO has asked a judge to overturn his guilty verdict. Sneaky devil! We never would have thought of that.

Houstonist has never appeared in court — well, not as a defendant, anyway — but we've seen enough episodes of Matlock to know that you shouldn't run out of the courtroom when a judge finds you guilty. But that's just what Nicholas Scardino did.