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The Official Publication of the Texas Center for the Judiciary

Volume 29, Number 3Winter 2002

Inside this Issue! One Year Later:Task Force on Indigent Defense! New Judiciary Leaders Elected!Thank You,Texas Court Reporters Association!Texas� Newest Administrators of Justice

Plus Departments! Making News! In Memoriam

Volume 29, Number 3Winter 2002

Inside this Issue! One Year Later:Task Force on Indigent Defense! New Judiciary Leaders Elected!Thank You,Texas Court Reporters Association!Texas� Newest Administrators of Justice

Plus Departments! Making News! In Memoriam

In Chambers is the official publication of the Texas Center for the Judiciary. The magazine ispublished three times a year and funded by a grant from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

The staff of In Chambers strives to provide current information about national and localjudicial educational issues and course opportunities for Texas judges.

Readers are encouraged to write letters to the editor and submit questions, comments, orstory ideas for In Chambers. Contact Morgan Morrison, Publications Coordinator, by calling800-252-9232, faxing 512-469-7664, or e-mailing [email protected].

The Texas Center for the Judiciary is located at the Texas Law Center, 1414 Colorado, Suite502, Austin, TX 78701-1627.

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featuresOne Year Later:Task Force on Indigent Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

From the 2002 Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

New Judiciary Leaders Elected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Thank You,Texas Court Reporters Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Texas� Newest Administrators of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Judicial Campaign Conduct Gone Wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Justice Hankinson Lauded for Contributions to Legal Services to the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2002�03 Boards & Committees Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ABA Honors the Country�s Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

departmentsEthics Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07

Making News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Contributions and Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cover photography courtesy of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Morris Goen.

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Editorial BoardCChhiieeff JJuussttiiccee MMaarriillyynn AAbboouussssiiee

3rd Court of Appeals, Austin

JJuuddggee MMaannuueell BBaannaalleess105th District Court, Corpus Christi

CChhiieeff JJuussttiiccee SSccootttt BBrriisstteerr14th Court of Appeals, Houston

JJuussttiiccee MMoollllyy FFrraanncciiss5th Court of Appeals, Dallas

Texas Center for the Judiciary Staff

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In 1963, U.S. Supreme Court JusticeHugo Black stated in Gideon v.Wainwright that “[i]n our adversary

system of criminal justice, any personhaled into court, who is too poor to hirea lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trialunless counsel is provided for him.”1 Inthis decision, the Court made the statesresponsible for how public defensewould be provided to people chargedwith a crime who were too poor to hireprivate counsel. In 2001, the Texaslegislature passed Senate Bill 7, alsoreferred to as the “Fair Defense Act.”For background on the debate overindigent defense legislation, the HouseResearch Organization Committee hasavailable some excellent materials.2

S.B. 7 provided the first broadstatewide mandate for new local rules

and standards to improve indigentdefense and the first state fundingdedicated to assisting countiescomprehensively in improving indigentdefense. To administer the state fundingand to oversee statewide indigentdefense policies, the legislature alsocreated the Task Force on IndigentDefense as a standing committee of theTexas Judicial Council withadministrative support from the Officeof Court Administration.

The remainder of this article willfocus on the purpose of the Task Forceand its accomplishments during the pastyear, as well as identify what is in storefor the next biennium as new standardsare promulgated and data necessary forevaluation begins to be generated.

The mission of the Task Force is to

provide technical, fiscal, andprofessional support to counties toimprove the delivery of indigent defenseservices to promote justice and fairnessto all indigent persons includingindigent juvenile respondents chargedwith crimes, as mandated by the lawsand constitution of the United Statesand Texas.

The Task Force will providetechnical, fiscal, and professionalsupport to counties and improve thedelivery of indigent defense services by:

The Task Force is committed toresponsive, quality service and toprofessional practices that exemplifythe highest standards of moral andethical behavior. The Task Force seeksto ensure that justice and fairness ispromoted within the criminal justicesystem, regardless of a person’sfinancial circumstances, by striving forcompetent, highly trained, and effectivecounsel for defendants in criminal casesor juvenile respondents throughout alllevels of their case. The Task Force’smission is being advanced through statefunding to counties and development ofuniform indigent defense policies andstandards. In addition, the Task Force ismonitoring county compliance throughthe collection of state mandatedindigent defense reports concerningcounty procedures and expenditures.

After S.B. 7 became law on January 1,2002, the Task Force came into beingwhen the Governor made appointmentsto it on January 23rd. The Task Forcemet for the first time in February and

One Year Later:Task Force on Indigent Defense

CALL FORPAPERS

Anyone who is interested inpresenting a topic or aninnovative program at one of the

Texas Center�s upcoming conferencesshould submit an abstract to Hon.BarbaraL.Walther by January 15, 2003.

Judge Barbara L.Walther51st District Court

115 West BeauregardSan Angelo,TX 76903

Fax: 915-658-8046

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More than 50 judges attended a receptionfor the Texas Chapter of NAWJ at Biga on

the Banks during the Annual Conference. Dr.Amy Freeman Lee, San Antonio artist andphilanthropist, was the featured speaker.

More than 615 judgesattended the 2002 JudicialSection Annual Conference.

The Color Guard�John Jay High School, AFJ ROTC,TX-782, stood at attention during the memorial service

honoring judges who passed away in 2001�02.

Hon. Stephen B.Ables thankedHon. Mark Atkinson for his

outstanding service andleadership as 2001�02 Chair

of the Judicial Section andTexas Center for the Judiciary.

Hon. Stephen B.Ables will serve as2002�03 Chair of the Judicial Section

and Texas Center for the Judiciary.

At the SunriseBreakfast, MaxLucado, SeniorPastor at Oak

Hills Church ofChrist, spoke

about gainingperspective on

one�s problems.

Part of the Problem, a Kerrville-basedcounty western band, entertained the

crowd during the Chair�s Luncheon.

Hon. Carroll Wilborn, Jr. presented Hon.Belinda Hill, Judge of the 230th District

Court in Houston, with the Criminal JusticeSection�s 2002 Outstanding Jurist Award.

Chief Justice Tom Phillipsreported on business of the

Supreme Court of Texas.


Judges attending the JudicialSection—State Bar of Texas’ 75th

annual conference, held August25–28 in San Antonio, elected newleaders for the 2002–03 term. KerrCounty District Court Judge Stephen B.Ables will serve as Judicial Section Chair,and 5th Court of Appeals Justice Molly M.Francis will serve as Chair-Elect.

Formed in 1928, the Judicial Sectionpromotes the objectives of the State Bar ofTexas within the judiciary. Approximately1,500 active and retired Texas judgescompose the Judicial Section.

As Judicial Section Chair, Judge Ableswill preside at all Section and Board ofDirectors meetings; formulate andpresent a report of the Section’s work atthe State Bar of Texas’ annual meeting;and perform other duties as pertain tothe office.

Judge Ables, 216th District Court Judge,Kerr County, also serves as PresidingJudge of the 6th Administrative JudicialRegion of Texas. Baylor University namedJudge Ables as Baylor Outstanding YoungAlumnus (1989) and, together with hiswife, Lynda, as Baylor Parents of the Year(1999–2000). The Judicial Section alsohonored Judge Ables in 1999–2000 asCriminal Judge of the Year. Recently, theKerrville Area Chamber of Commercenamed Judge and Mrs. Ables asOutstanding Citizens of the Year (2002).

Currently, Judge Ables serves on theSupreme Court Task Force on Foster Careand coaches the back-to-back StateChampion Kerrville Tivy mock trial team.

Justice Molly M. Francis served asJudge of the Dallas County CriminalCourt #9 for six years and the 283rd

District Court for five years. In September

2001, Governor Perry appointed JusticeFrancis to the 5th Court of Appeals. She isa 1978 graduate of Baylor University andreceived her J.D. from Baylor in 1981.She is Board Certified in Criminal Law bythe Texas Board of Legal Specialization(1987) and Board Certified in CriminalLaw by the National Board of TrialAdvocacy (1989). Justice Francis is PastChair of the Criminal Justice SectionCouncil of the State Bar of Texas. Sheserves on the Volunteer Center of Dallas’sBoard of Directors.

In addition to leading the JudicialSection, Judge Ables and Justice Franciswere also elected to head the TexasCenter for the Judiciary. Prior to their

e l e c t i o n ,Judge Ablesand JusticeFrancis wereactive onvarious TexasC e n t e rcommittees.C u r r e n t l y,both serve on the Curriculum Committee,which develops the specialized judicialeducation and training opportunities forTexas appellate, district, and county courtat law judges.

Justice Francis will succeed JudgeAbles as Chair of the Judicial Section andTexas Center during the 2003–04 term. "

New Judiciary Leaders Elected

Judge Stephen B.Ables

Thank You,Texas CourtReporters Association

Sponsored by the Texas Court ReportersAssociation, the 2002 Judicial Section AnnualConference’s Silent Auction raised $9,000 for

the Texas Center for the Judiciary. Vice President ofthe Texas Court Reporters Association, Ms. DanaSmelley presented the auction proceeds check toHon. Stephen B. Ables and Ms. Mari Kay Bickett.

The Texas Center for the Judiciary thanks theTexas Court Reporters Association and silent auctionvolunteers: Whitney Alden, Mary Berry, MelissaCarson, Twila Coshal, Laura Davis, Barbara Durand-Hollis, Glenda Fuller, Melinda Garriga, VictoriaGwynn, Irene Maldonado, Judy Miller, RoxannePena, Gloria Recio, Susan Simmons, Dana Smelley,and Susan Turner. Thanks also go to Judge GeorgeGallagher, 396th District Court, and Judge ScottWisch, 372nd District Court, who helped the courtreporters set up the auction items. Thank you, TexasCourt Reporters Association. "

6 In ChambersWinter 20026 In Chambers

Hon. Luis Aguilar120th District Court, El PasoSucceeding Hon. Robert Dinsmoor

Hon. Leonel Alejandro357th District Court, BrownsvilleSucceeding Hon. J. Rolando Olvera

Hon. Jose BacaCounty Court at Law #7, El PasoSucceeding Hon. Peter Peca

Hon. Elizabeth A. BerryCrim. District Ct. #3, Fort WorthSucceeding Hon. Don Leonard

Hon. Suzanne BrooksCounty Ct. at Law #1, GeorgetownSucceeding Hon. Kevin Henderson

Hon. Barry R. BryanCounty Court at Law #2, LufkinSucceeding Hon. H. Perkins-Meyers

Hon.Alva �Gene� Calvert, Jr.Cnty. Court at Law #2,WaxahachieNew Court

Hon.Arnoldo Cantu, Jr.County Court at Law #5, EdinburgNew Court

Hon. Jack Carter6th Court of Appeals,TexarkanaSucceeding Hon. Ben Grant

Hon. F.Alfonso CharlesCounty Court at Law #2, LongviewNew Court

Hon. Linda Chew327th District Court, El PasoSucceeding Hon. Richard Roman

Hon. Daniel B. ChildsCounty Court at Law, RuskSucceeding Hon. LeRue Dixon

Hon. Jefferson Davis Collier, III158th District Court, DentonSucceeding Hon. Phillip Oran Vick

Hon.Weldon CopelandProbate Court, McKinneyNew Court

Hon. Joseph M. Cox160th District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon. David Godbey

Hon. Brendan J. DoranCounty Court at Law, PalestineSucceeding Hon. Christopher Kolstad

Hon.Teresa Ann Drum294th District Court, CantonSucceeding Hon.Tommy Wallace

Hon. Elisabeth A. EarleCounty Court at Law #7,AustinSucceeding Hon. Brenda Kennedy

Hon. John A. Ellisor, Jr.122nd District Court, GalvestonSucceeding Hon. Frank T. Carmona

Hon. Deborah Oakes Evans87th District Court, FairfieldSucceeding Hon. Sam Bournias

Hon. Guadalupe R. FloresCounty Court at Law #2, BeaumontSucceeding Hon. Harold Plessala

Hon.William F. Follis, Jr.County Court at Law #2, SeguinNew Court

Hon. Gonzalo Garcia210th District Court, El PasoSucceeding Hon. Sam M. Paxson

Hon. Dori Contreras Garza13th Court of Appeals, EdinburgSucceeding Hon. Bonner Dorsey

Hon.Anna Elisabet GonzalesCnty. Ct. at Law #2, Corpus ChristiSucceeding Hon. Hector De Pena

Hon. Mark GreenbergCounty Court at Law #5, DallasSucceeding Hon. Charles Stokes

Hon.Thomas F. Greenwell319th District Ct., Corpus ChristiSucceeding Hon. Martha Huerta

Hon. Frank E. GriffinCounty Court at Law, BrownwoodNew Court

Hon. Monica E. GuerreroCounty Ct. at Law #7, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. Bill C.White

Hon. Brooks Hill Hagler259th District Court,AnsonSucceeding Hon. Quay Parker

Hon. Kathleen A. Hamilton359th District Court, ConroeSucceeding Hon. James H. Keeshan

Hon. John Robert HarperCounty Court at Law #1,AbileneSucceeding Hon. Jack R. Grant

Hon. Deborah Nekhom HarrisCnty. Crim. Ct. at Law #4, Fort WorthSucceeding Hon.Wallace Bowman

Hon. Margaret Stewart HarrisCnty. Crim. Ct. at Law #5, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Janice Law

Hon. Richard David Hatch, IIICounty Court at Law, SintonSucceeding Hon. Mike Welborn

Hon. Susan Hawk291st District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon. Gerry Meier

Hon. James Corley HendersonCounty Court at Law #1, ShermanSucceeding Hon. Don Jarvis

Hon. Maria Teresa Herr186th District Court, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. Sam Katz

Hon. C.T. Hight75th District Court, LibertySucceeding Hon. J.C. Zbranek

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Hon. Laura Carter Higley1st Court of Appeals, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Margaret Mirabal

Hon. Marc Wayne HolderCnty.Ct.at Law #2 & Probate,AngletonSucceeding Hon. Patrick Sebesta

Hon. Phil Johnson7th Court of Appeals,AmarilloSucceeding Hon. John T. Boyd

Hon. Jay Ted KarahanCnty. Crim. Ct. at Law #8, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Neel Richardson

Hon. Oscar J. KazenCounty Ct. at Law #9, San AntonioSucceeding Hon.Wayne Christian

Hon. Brenda Kennedy403rd District Court,AustinSucceeding Hon. Frank Bryan

Hon. Robert W. Kinkaid, Jr.64th District Court, PlainviewSucceeding Hon. Jack R. Miller

Hon. Juergen Koetter267th District Court,VictoriaSucceeding Hon.Whayland Kilgore

Hon. Douglas S. Lang5th Court of Appeals, DallasSucceeding Hon. Sue Lagarde

Hon.W. Kenneth Law3rd Court of Appeals,AustinSucceeding Hon. Marilyn Aboussie

Hon. Marilea Whatley Lewis330th District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon.Theo Bedard

Hon.Alma Lopez4th Court of Appeals, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. Phil Hardberger

Hon. Corinne Ann MasonCounty Court at Law #1, McKinneySucceeding Hon.Weldon Copeland

Hon. Steve A. McKeithen9th Court of Appeals, BeaumontSucceeding Hon. Ronald L.Walker

Hon.Vincent J. MessinaCounty Court at Law #1, GranburySucceeding Hon. Richard Hattox

Hon. Jim Meyer170th District Court,WacoSucceeding Hon. Joe N. Johnson

Hon. Philip A. MeyerCounty Ct. at Law #6, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. M�Liss Christian

Hon. Mary E. Miller194th District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon. Harold Entz

Hon. Bruce Hal Miner47th District Court,AmarilloSucceeding Hon. David Gleason

Hon. Sally MontgomeryCounty Court at Law #3, DallasSucceeding Hon. Robert Jenevein

Hon. John Hardy MorrisCounty Court at Law, GainesvilleSucceeding Hon. Belvin Harris

Hon.Barbara Hanson Nellermoe45th District Court, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. C. Haberman Knight-Sheen

Hon. Jaime Joel PalaciosCounty Court at Law #2, EdinburgSucceeding Hon. Jaime Garza

Hon. Neil Edward PaskCounty Crim. Ct. at Law #2, DallasSucceeding Hon. James Pruitt

Hon. Harold Phelan286th District Court, LevellandSucceeding Hon.Andrew J. Kupper

Hon. John F. Phillips314th District Court, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Mary M. Craft

Hon. Ronald R. Pope328th District Court, RichmondSucceeding Hon.Thomas Stansbury

Hon.Tom L. RaglandCounty Court at Law #1,WacoSucceeding Hon. David L. Hodges

Hon. Donna S. Rayes81st District Court, JourdantonSucceeding Hon. Olin B. Strauss


The Judicial Section’s 2002–03Committee on Judicial Ethics ismeeting regularly. To submit a

question for consideration, contact:

JJuussttiiccee MMaacckk KKiidddd,, CChhaaiirr3rd Court of AppealsP.O. Box 12547Austin, TX 78711Phone: 512-463-1733Fax: 512-463-1685

Committee on Judicial EthicsHon. Mack Kidd, ChairHon.Thomas BacusHon. Cathy CochranHon. Larry GistHon. Mackey K. HancockHon. Belinda HillHon. Emil Karl ProhlHon. Michael SchneiderHon. Juan VelasquezHon. Kathleen Olivares, LiaisonHon. Mario Ramirez, LiaisonProfessor Amon Burton, Ex-OfficioHon. Jay Robinson, Ex-OfficioHon. Steve Seider, Ex-Officio

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Questions & Answers

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Until recently, relatively fewjudges had been disciplined forviolating the election campaign

restrictions imposed by the Code ofJudicial Conduct. Even then, thesanctions imposed had been relativelylight. Sanctions available to judicialdisciplinary bodies range from privateadmonition to removal from office. Othersanctions include reprimand (public orprivate), censure, and suspension (withor without pay). Judges usually havebeen either admonished or reprimandedfor violations of various campaignrestrictions.

More recently, however, theincreasing contentiousness of judicialelection campaigns has resulted in moreflagrant violations that have receivedheavier sanctions. Florida is anexample of a particularly tough state. In1996, Nancy Alley ran for a position onthe Circuit Court of the EighteenthJudicial Circuit of Florida. In re Alley,699 So. 2d 1369 (1997). Alley won theelection, but was issued a publicreprimand for violating several rulesregulating the Florida bar and severalcanons in the Code of Judicial Conduct.During the campaign, Alley, a lawyerand general master, falsely claimed thatshe had circuit judicial experience andthat her opponent, Judge Alva, hadnone. Candidate Alley furthermisrepresented her and her opponent’squalifications and tried to inject partypolitics into the election by noting thata “Democratic governor” appointed heropponent. Alley also stated that JudgeAlva “defend[ed] convicted mass

murdered, cop killer, William Cruse”and included a picture of Alva andCruse in campaign literature, but failedto mention that Alva was an assistantpublic defender and that Cruse had notbeen convicted at the time of thephotograph. Finally, Alley quoted only aportion of an editorial giving the falseimpression thatthe newspapere n d o r s e dAlley, not hero p p o n e n t .Although thec o u r t ,constrained atthe time by thej u d i c i a lqualif icationc o m m i s s i o nrecommendation, issued only a publicreprimand, that stated that they“[found] it difficult to allow one guilty ofsuch egregious conduct to retain thebenefits of those violations and remainin office.”

A few years after the decision in In reAlley, the Florida Supreme Courtremoved a judge for, among otherthings, promising to favor the state andthe police and side against the defenseand for making unfounded attacks on anincumbent county judge. In reMcMillan, 797 So. 2d 560 (2001).Referring to their comments in In reAlley, the court stated, “to allowsomeone who has committed suchmisconduct during a campaign to attainoffice to then serve the term of thejudgeship obtained by such means

clearly sends the wrong message tofuture candidates—that is, the endjustifies the means, and thus, all is fairso long as the candidate wins.”

Ohio has also recently been forced todeal with the problem of campaignspeech violations. In 1997, acommission of five judges appointed by

the Ohio SupremeCourt issued a six-month stayedsuspension to LeeHildebrandt, acandidate for theFirst District Courtof Appeals.H i l d e b r a n d t ,without bothering toverify the veracityof the statements,

ran television and radio advertisementsthat misled the public with respect tohis opponent’s voting record inCongress and with respect to hisopponent’s initial successful bid forCongress. In re Judicial CampaignComplaint Against Hildebrandt, 675N.E. 2d 889 (1997). A few years later,the Ohio Supreme Court imposedanother six-month stayed suspension onDavid Evans. During Evans’s campaignfor a seat on the Fourth District Court ofAppeals, he, among other things,exaggerated his endorsements incampaign literature, print, radio, andtelevision advertisements. Office ofDisciplinary Counsel v. Evans, 733 N.E.2d 609 (2000).

Florida and Ohio are not the onlystates forced to address the escalating

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Hon. Russell RodenCounty Court at Law #1, DallasSucceeding Hon. David Gibson

Hon. David J. RodriguezCounty Ct. at Law #3, San AntonioSucceeding Hon. Shay Gebhardt

Hon. Kerry L. Russell7th District Court,TylerSucceeding Hon. Louis Gohmert

Hon. Jennifer RymellCounty Ct. at Law #2, Fort WorthSucceeding Hon. Steven C.Wallace

Hon. Roland Dale Saul222nd District Court, HerefordSucceeding Hon. David Gulley

Hon.William Randolph SavageCounty Court at Law, BurnetNew Court

Hon. Michael SchneiderSupreme Court of Texas,AustinSucceeding Hon. James Baker

Hon. Patrick Edward Sebesta239th District Court,AngletonSucceeding Hon. J. Ray Gayle

Hon. John Lee Sholden304th District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon. Harold Gaither

Hon. John Alfred SinzCounty Ct. at Law, NacogdochesSucceeding Hon. Jack Yarbrough

Hon. Steven Wayne SmithSupreme Court of Texas,AustinSucceeding Hon. Xavier Rodriguez

Hon. Charles Stokes68th District Court, DallasSucceeding Hon. Gary Hall

Hon. Michael R.ThomasCrim. District Ct. #4, Fort WorthSucceeding Hon. Joe Drago, III

Hon.Tommy Brock Thomas, Jr.338th District Court, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Elsa Alcala

Hon.Vivian TorresCounty Court at Law, HondoSucceeding Hon.Watt Murrah

Hon. Howard V.Tygrett86th District Court, KaufmanSucceeding Hon. Glen Ashworth

Hon. Carlos VillaCounty Court at Law #5, El PasoSucceeding Hon. Herbert Cooper

Hon. Len Allen Wade141st District Court, Fort WorthSucceeding Hon. Paul W. Enlow

Hon. J. Dale WainwrightSupreme Court of Texas,AustinSucceeding Hon. Deborah Hankinson

Hon. Layne W.Walker252nd District Court, BeaumontSucceeding Hon. Leonard J. Giblin

Hon. Sandra L.Watts117th District Ct., Corpus ChristiSucceeding Hon. Robert Blackmon

Hon. Michael Welborn36th District Court, SintonSucceeding Hon. Ronald M.Yeager

Hon. Jim Worthen12th Court of Appeals,TylerSucceeding Hon. Leonard Davis

Hon.Timothy Lane WrightCounty Ct. at Law #2, GeorgetownSucceeding Hon. Suzanne Brooks

Hon. Janis L.Yarbrough306th District Court, GalvestonSucceeding Hon. Susan P. Baker

Hon. James M. York246th District Court, HoustonSucceeding Hon. Don Ritter

Newest Administrators of Justice continued from page 7

pugnacity of judicial campaigns bydoling out harsher penalties forincreasingly egregious violations. Manystates with an elected judiciary facesimilar difficulties.

It is unclear how the recent U.S.Supreme Court ruling in RepublicanParty of Minnesota v. White will affectelection campaign restriction cases. InWhite, the Court ruled in a 5–4 decisionthat, “The Minnesota Supreme Court’scanon of judicial conduct prohibitingcandidates for judicial election fromannouncing their views on disputed

legal and political issues violates theFirst Amendment.” The Minnesotaprohibition was based on the 1972version of the ABA Model Code ofJudicial Conduct. Writing for themajority, Justice Scalia made it clearthat the Court was expressing no viewon the campaign speech restrictionscontained in the 1990 version of theAmerican Bar Association Model Codeof Judicial Conduct. Some scholarsbelieve, however, that the Court’s rulingcould have a more widespread effect onthe constitutionality of judicial

campaign speech restrictions and thuswould bring the rulings of all the casesdiscussed here into question. "

Julie Schuetz is a second year law student atNorthern Illinois University College of Law.James Alfini is a professor of law at NorthernIllinois University. He is coauthor of JudicialConduct and Ethics, Lexis Publishing, 3dEdition.

Reprinted by permission. “Judicial CampaignConduct Gone Wrong” by Julie Schuetz andJames Alfini, published in The Judges’ Journal,Volume 41, No. 3, Summer 2002. Copyright ©2002, American Bar Association. All rightsreserved.


Honors & Achievements for Texas Judges

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The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers—TexasChapter selected CCHHIIEEFF JJUUSSTTIICCEE MMAARRIILLYYNN AABBOOUUSSSSIIEE,Third Court of Appeals, as the first recipient of its OutstandingJurist Award. The Academy honored Chief Justice Aboussieat its annual dinner meeting in Dallas on August 5, 2002.

JJUUSSTTIICCEE BBEEAA AANNNN SSMMIITTHH of the Third Court of Appeals inAustin was recently sworn in as president of the NationalAssociation of Women Judges. She is the first Texas judgeelected to lead that prestigious organization of some 1,200state and federal judges.

When Justice Smith attended her first NAWJ nationalconference, she was the only Texas judge present. Shereturned to Texas with a mission to change those numbers.Today, 55 Texas judges are NAWJ members.

In 2005, Texas will host its first national NAWJ conference

in Houston, with JJUUSSTTIICCEEWWAANNDDAA FFOOWWLLEERR of the14th Court of Appeals,Houston, serving as chair.

JJUUDDGGEE MM.. SSUUEE KKUURRIITTAA,County Court at Law #6, ElPaso, was elected DistrictDirector for District 11(Texas, Oklahoma, andArkansas) at the NationalAssociation of WomenJudges annual conference,held October 16–20 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.

HHOONN.. SSUUSSAANN CCRRIISSSS, 212th District Court, Galveston, willserve as Deputy Director. "

Texas judges, including Hon. LoraLivingston, Hon. Bea Ann Smith,Hon. M. Sue Kurita, Hon. Susan

Criss, and Hon. Elizabeth Ray (notpictured), attended the National

Association of Women Judges 24th

Annual Conference, held October16�20 in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Chief Justice Tom Phillips appointedSharon Keller, Presiding Judge of theCourt of Criminal Appeals, to serve asChairman. Chairman Keller appointedas Vice Chairman Olen Underwood,Judge of the 284th Judicial District andPresiding Judge of the 2nd

Administrative Judicial Region ofTexas. To focus the efforts of the TaskForce, the Chairman appointed twocommittees: the Grants and ReportingCommittee and the Policy andStandards Committee. The director ofthe Task Force, Jim Bethke, was hiredin March of 2002, and four other staffmembers were hired by the end of May.

In March the Task Force began theprocess of awarding approximately $7

million to qualify counties by adoptingemergency grant administration rules.Grant application kits were mailed inApril. The Task Force decided thatFiscal Year 2002 grant funding wouldbe based on a population formula with a$5,000 minimum funding level toqualifying counties. Eligibility forgrants was conditioned upon meetingfiscal and plan requirements. Fiscally,counties qualified for funding if theirFY 2002 annualized expenses weregreater than their baseline expenses inFY 2001. Counties could alternativelyqualify by committing to use funds toimprove their indigent defense systems.To qualify, counties were also requiredto provide in their indigent defenseplans for the three S.B. 7 requirementsrelated to prompt access to counsel.

Grant applications were due by May31st and the newly hired staff beganwork immediately to determine theeligibility of the counties to receivegrant funds. Originally, only 68 countiesqualified after the original applicationsubmission on both fiscal and planrequirements. Task Force staffcontacted each of the counties that didnot initially qualify for the grants, aswell as those counties that did notapply, to assist them in meeting therequirements of the grant. These phonecalls resulted in numerous grantapplication addenda and plansupplements being sent in to qualify forgrant funding. After this process, theTask Force approved grant awards onJuly 22, 2002, totaling $7,298,124 to

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The Texas Equal Access to JusticeFoundation, the largest Texas-based funding source for legal aid

organizations in the state, has awardedJustice Deborah Hankinson theprestigious Harold F. Kleinman awardfor outstanding contributions to thedelivery of civil legal services to the poor.

Hankinson, the Supreme Court ofTexas liaison to the Foundation, hasworked tirelessly to ensure that poorand low-income Texans are affordedaccess to justice. She led the charge inthe creation of the Texas Access toJustice Commission, an umbrellaorganization designed to enhance thequality of legal services to the poor. Shewas a strong supporter of the recentchange to the State Bar of Texas duesstatement that requires attorneys to“opt-out” of making a contribution tolegal services. Through the opt-outapproach, Texas attorneys contributed$1 million this year, doubling 2001contributions. Additionally, Hankinsonwas instrumental in securing $5 millionin Crime Victim Compensation funds,dedicated to the provision of civil legalservices for low-income crime victims.

“In this time in which access tojustice for underprivileged Texans hassuffered from Congressional retreat,litigation assault and a decline instatewide funds, Justice Hankinson hasbeen a source of innovative ideas andinspirational leadership,” TEAJF BoardChairman Dick Tate said. “Herdedicated efforts have improved thelives of countless poor Texans byopening for them the doors of our justice

system. She is theHarold KleinmanAward personified.”

The KleinmanAward is named afterformer Texas EqualAccess to JusticeFoundation ChairmanHarold F. Kleinman.The Foundation,wishing to recognizeK l e i n m a n ’ soutstanding character,commitment andpublic service to thepeople of Texas, created the award toconfer prestige and honor upon leadersin the field of access to civil justice. “Deborah Hankinson has brought to

the issue of civil legal services to thepoor the same passion she brings to herrole as judge,” Texas Supreme CourtChief Justice Thomas R. Phillips said.“She works from a formidable personaland intellectual commitment that wecan and should do better to make thejustice system accessible to all.”

The Texas Equal Access to JusticeFoundation presented the KleinmanAward to Hankinson at its annual CourtLuncheon. Upon acceptance of theaward, Hankinson said, “This awardmeans so much to me. Harold Kleinmanwas the managing partner at [the lawfirm of] Thompson & Knight when Ibegan working there. All the associatesadmired him tremendously. He was theexample of professionalism, communityservice and compassion.”

Hankinson, a native of Dallas,

graduated cum laude with her doctorate in jurisprudence from SouthernMethodist University School of Law.She was appointed to the SupremeCourt of Texas in 1997 and was electedto the court in 1998. She will step downfrom the court in December 2002.

The Texas Equal Access to JusticeFoundation (www.txiolta.org) administersfunds to create community capacity toprovide civil legal services for low-income Texans. The organization iscommitted to the vision that all Texanswill have equal access to justice,regardless of their income. TheFoundation administers the Interest onLawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) fund,the Basic Civil Legal Services (BCLS)fund and the Crime Victims Civil LegalServices (CVCLS) fund. The funds fromeach of these sources are earmarked toassist nonprofit organizations inproviding free civil legal services tolow-income Texans. "

Justice Hankinson Lauded for Contributions toLegal Services to the Poor

Justice Deborah Hankinson received the Harold F. Kleinman awardfor outstanding contributions to the delivery of civil legal services to

the poor. From left to right: Dick Tate, Chairman,Texas Equal Access toJustice Foundation; Betty Balli Torres, Executive Director,Texas EqualAccess to Justice Foundation; Justice Deborah Hankinson, SupremeCourt of Texas; Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips, Supreme Court ofTexas; John Jones, Chairman,Texas Access to Justice Commission.


Judicial Section�State Bar of TXBoard of Directors, 2002�03Hon. Stephen B.Ables, ChairPresiding Judge, 6th Administrative Judicial RegionJudge, 216th District Court, KerrvilleHon. Molly M. Francis, Chair-ElectJustice, 5th Court of Appeals, DallasHon.Thomas Bacus, Secretary-TreasurerJudge, County Court at Law # 2,Wichita FallsHon. Mark D.Atkinson, Immediate Past ChairJudge, County Criminal Court at Law #13, HoustonHon.Terrie Livingston, Place 1 (2003)Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals, Fort WorthHon. Brian Quinn, Place 2 (2005)Justice, 7th Court of Appeals,AmarilloHon. Lora J. Livingston, Place 3 (2005)Judge, 261st District Court,AustinHon. Diane DeVasto, Place 4 (2005)Judge, 241st District Court,TylerHon. Charles Chapman, Place 5 (2003)Judge, 39th District Court, HaskellHon. Dean Rucker, Place 6 (2004)Presiding Judge, 7th Administrative Judicial RegionJudge, 318th District Court, MidlandHon. Mario Ramirez, Place 7 (2004)Judge, 332nd District Court, EdinburgHon. Mark Owens, Place 8 (2003)Judge, County Court at Law #2, OdessaHon. Laura A.Weiser, Place 9 (2004)Judge, County Court at Law #1,VictoriaHon. Billy John Edwards, Place 10 (2003)Senior Judge,AvocaMr. James C.Winton, Liaison

Appellate Judges Legislative CommitteeHon. Rex Davis, ChairHon. Scott BristerHon. Cathy CochranHon. Michael SchneiderHon. Rogelio ValdezHon. Jim WorthenHon. Marilyn Aboussie, Ex-OfficioHon. David Chew, Ex-OfficioHon. Sharon Keller, Ex-OfficioHon.Thomas Phillips, Ex-OfficioHon.Terrie Livingston, LiaisonComm.on Appt.of Crim.Defense CounselHon. Bob Perkins, ChairHon. Diane DeVastoHon. Molly M. FrancisHon. Patrick GarciaHon. George GodwinHon. Faith JohnsonHon. Pat McDowellHon. Randall Lee RogersHon. Dean RuckerHon. Lawrence D. ShipmanMr. James D. Bethke, Ex-OfficioHon. Sharon Keller, Ex-OfficioMs. Deborah J. Selden, Ex-OfficioMr. Marshall Shelsy, Ex-OfficioBylaws CommitteeHon. Earl Stover, III, ChairHon. Lora J. LivingstonHon. Samuel Medrano, Jr.Committee on Judicial EthicsHon. Mack Kidd, ChairHon.Thomas BacusHon. Cathy CochranHon. Larry GistHon. Mackey K. HancockHon. Belinda HillHon. Emil Karl ProhlHon. Michael SchneiderHon. Juan VelasquezHon. Kathleen Olivares, Liaison

Hon. Mario Ramirez, LiaisonProfessor Amon Burton, Ex-OfficioHon. Jay Robinson, Ex-OfficioHon. Steve Seider, Ex-OfficioJuvenile Justice CommitteeHon. Jean Boyd, ChairHon. E. Kent EllisHon. Harold GaitherHon. Jerri Lee MillsHon. Gladys OakleyHon. Laura ParkerHon. Larry ThorneHon. Olen UnderwoodHon.Al WalvoordHon. Laura A.WeiserHon. Darlene WhittenNominations CommitteeHon. Mark D.Atkinson, ChairHon.Wilford FlowersHon. Darrell HesterHon.Terrie LivingstonHon. Mickey PenningtonHon. Jane RodenHon. Catherine StoneHon. Earl Stover, IIIHon. Juan VelasquezResolutions CommitteeHon. Emil Karl Prohl, ChairHon. Robert S.AnchondoHon. Karen AngeliniHon. Ron EnnsHon. Mario RamirezSite Section CommitteeHon. David BridgesHon. Irene RiosHon. Olen UnderwoodMs.Tana Petrich, Ex-OfficioSub-Committee on Performance MeasuresHon.W.G.Arnot, Co-ChairHon. Raul Vasquez, Co-ChairHon. Susan LarsenHon.Andy MirelesHon. Barbara L.WaltherTrial Judges Legislative CommitteeHon. Lamar McCorkle, ChairHon. Bascom BentleyHon. John HydeHon. Lora J. LivingstonHon. Frank MontalvoHon. Nathan E.WhiteHon. Brenda Chapman, Ex-OfficioHon. Charles Chapman, Ex-OfficioHon. Kelly Moore, Ex-OfficioHon. Mark D.Atkinson, Liaison

Texas Center for the JudiciaryBoard of Directors, 2002�03Hon. Stephen B.Ables, ChairPresiding Judge, 6th Administrative Judicial RegionJudge, 216th District Court, KerrvilleHon. Molly M. Francis, Chair-ElectJustice, 5th Court of Appeals, DallasHon. Paula Lanehart, Secretary-TreasurerJudge, County Court at Law #3, LubbockHon. Mark D.Atkinson, Immediate Past ChairJudge, County Criminal Court at Law #13, HoustonMs. Mari Kay BickettExecutive Director,TX Center for the Judiciary,AustinHon. Cathy Cochran, Place 1 (2005)Justice,Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,AustinHon. Rogelio Valdez, Place 2 (2004)Chief Justice, 13th Court of Appeals, EdinburgHon.Wilford Flowers, Place 3 (2005)Judge, 147th District Court,AustinHon. John J. Specia, Jr., Place 4 (2003)Judge, 225th District Court, San Antonio

Hon. Steve Smith, Place 5 (2003)Judge, 361st District Court, BryanHon. Guadalupe Rivera, Place 6 (2004)Judge, 168th District Court, El PasoHon. Janet Littlejohn, Place 7 (2003)Judge, 150th District Court, San AntonioHon. Joe Bridges, Place 8 (2005)Judge, County Criminal Court at Law #4, DentonHon Lisa G. Burkhalter, Place 9 (2004)Judge, County Court at Law #1, LufkinHon. John T. Forbis, Place 10 (2005)Senior District Judge, Childress

Appellate Judges Educ. Fund CommitteeHon. Richard Barajas, ChairHon. Leslie Brock-YatesHon. Catherine StoneHon. Linda ThomasHon. Lee YeakelBudget CommitteeHon. Paula Lanehart, ChairHon. Mark D.AtkinsonHon. Molly M. FrancisBylaws CommitteeHon. Mark D.Atkinson, ChairHon. Penny RobertsHon. Suzanne StovallCurriculum CommitteeHon. Barbara L.Walther, ChairHon. David EvansHon.Wilford FlowersHon.Wanda FowlerHon. John HydeHon. M. Sue KuritaHon. Lamar McCorkleHon. Kelly MooreHon. Laura A.WeiserHon. Stephen B.Ables, Ex-OfficioHon. Mark D.Atkinson, Ex-OfficioMs. Mari Kay Bickett, Ex-OfficioHon. Camile G. DuBose, Ex-OfficioHon. Molly M. Francis, Ex-OfficioLong Range Planning CommitteeHon. Steve Smith, ChairHon.Wilford FlowersHon. Molly M. FrancisHon. Patrick GarciaHon. Jean Spradling HughesHon. Sharon KellerHon. Lamar McCorkleHon. Sherry RadackHon. Stephen B.Ables, Ex-OfficioHon. Mark D.Atkinson, Ex-OfficioMs. Mari Kay Bickett, Ex-OfficioMs.Alicia Key, Ex-OfficioMr. Bob Wessels, Ex-OfficioJudicial PEER CommitteeHon. John J. Specia, Jr., ChairHon. Caroline BakerHon. Harold GaitherHon.Vicki IsaacksHon. Robert RichardsonHon. Dean RuckerHon. Laura A.WeiserHon. Paula LanehartMs. Mari Kay Bickett, Ex-OfficioProfessor Daisy Hurst Floyd, Ex-OfficioHon. Guy Herman, Ex-OfficioHon. John Hyde, Ex-OfficioDr.Alison Myhra, Ex-OfficioMr. Bob Wessels, Ex-OfficioScholarship CommitteeMs. Mari Kay BickettHon. Paul DavisHon. Gladys OakleyHon. B.B. Schraub

2002�03 Boards & Committees Membership


The American Bar Association’sJudicial Division celebrated theachievements of federal, state,

and local judges and lawyers in theimprovement of the administration ofjustice at the Annual Dinner in Honor ofthe Judiciary, held August 11, 2002, atthe United States Supreme Court.

The ABA Justice Center presented the2nd Annual John Marshall Award to U.S.Supreme Court Justice Anthony M.Kennedy. The award recognizesindividuals responsible for extraordinary

improvement in theadministration of justice.

Texas judges,including Hon. LamarMcCorkle, Hon. Mark D.Atkinson, and Hon.Steve Smith, as well asthe Texas Center for theJudiciary’s ExecutiveDirector, Ms. Mari KayBickett, attended thedinner. "

ABA Honors the Country�s Judiciary

Judge Lamar McCorkle, Judge Mark D.Atkinson, Ms. Mari KayBickett, and Judge Steve Smith attended the ABA�s Annual Dinner

in Honor of the Judiciary held at the U.S. Supreme Court.

238 counties and direct disbursementsto two counties. Ten counties did notapply for grant funding and fourcounties did not qualify fiscally forfunding. Distributions of grant awardswere completed by September 3, 2002.

Simultaneous with the grant process,the Task Force began a preliminaryanalysis of the county plans forcompliance with S.B. 7. It worked withProfessor Robert Dawson, University ofTexas School of Law, who graciouslyprovided four law students to assist theTask Force. Their review indicated 135counties addressed each of the mainrequirements of the law. Another sourceof information on how counties haveresponded to S.B. 7 is a March 2002report, Quality of Initial County PlansGoverning Indigent Defense in AdultCriminal Cases, prepared by twoadvocacy groups, the Equal JusticeCenter and Texas Appleseed.3

This initial review of the plans wasfollowed by a more in-depth review of

county processes related to determiningindigence and to minimum annualcontinuing legal education (CLE) andexperience levels required for attorneyshandling appointments. This wascompleted at the direction of thePolicies and Standards Committeefollowing their first meeting in May2002. Most counties determineindigence through an analysis of thestatutory factors detailing the financialcondition of the defendant. Othercounties base the determination on theincome level of the defendant related tofederal poverty guidelines. Thestandard in these counties ranges froman income level below 100% to anincome level of 175% of the povertyguidelines. At its last meeting inOctober 2002, the Task Force formed anadvisory workgroup on indigency tostudy this issue in more detail.

As to CLE and experiencerequirements for attorneys, most Texascounties have enacted some kind ofstandard requiring attorneys who wishto represent indigent defendants to

obtain CLE training. The largest groupof counties (115) requires somewhere inthe range of six to twelve hours oftraining to be in criminal law. The TaskForce has published for publiccomment a rule concerning minimumCLE requirements to be eligible to beon a public appointment list.4

In October 2002, the Task Force alsopromulgated a model attorney feevoucher and model magistrateswarning.5 These model forms are notmandatory but advisory in nature. Acourt is welcome to adopt these forms aspart of its countywide indigent defenseplan and procedures.

Looking forward, the Task Force willfocus on gathering information todetermine whether the requirements ofS.B. 7 and Task Force standards arebeing met. Evaluation of reporting onthe indigent defense plans submitted toOCA will continue to be a key strategyfor determining compliance with thelaw. The Task Force will also review




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Honorable Jose AlamiaSenior Judge92nd District Court, Edinburg

Honorable Sam CallanSenior Judge205th District Court, El Paso

Honorable Tom CaveFormer Judge213th District Court,Aledo

Honorable J. Neil DanielRetired Judge104th District Court,Abilene

Honorable Sam D. JohnsonJusticeSupreme Court of Texas,AustinSenior Judge5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,Austin

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county expenditures for indigentdefense services with the systems inthose counties to identify cost drivers inthe system and provide policy makerswith the information on how to improvethe efficiency of their system. From thisanalysis, the Task Force will alsodevelop model practices for specificareas of indigent defense services. TheTask Force will also work with theCriminal Justice Policy Council indeveloping its evaluation strategy andbegin conducting more in-depth studieson key areas where meetingperformance measures is critical todetermining the early success of S.B. 7.

The Task Force has its next meetingscheduled on January 16, 2002, inAustin. At this meeting, the Task Forcewill award approximately $13 million in

grants to counties in its second round offunding. Grant applications for thisfunding were due to the Task Force nolater than 5 p.m. on December 2, 2002.

In sum, the first year’s administrativeimplementation of S.B. 7 has beensuccessful and all counties havesubmitted plans to meet the newrequirements. A copy of each county’splan is available at the Task Forcewebsite.6 Each county’s expenditurereport concerning indigent defenseexpenses will be available online soon.Effective communication andcollaboration among the Task Force, thecourts, the counties, and other criminaljustice stakeholders is necessary for thecontinued improvement of the indigentdefense system in Texas. Thisinformation being reported by thecounties and courts will continue to beanalyzed and evaluated by the Task

Force. Through effective datacollection, analysis, and thecollaborative process, Texas willcontinue to improve the delivery ofindigent defense services. "


EEnnddnnootteess1. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).

2. See, The Best Defense: Representing IndigentCriminal Defendants, House ResearchOrganization Focus Report Number 76-18.November 22, 1999; and Issues of the 77th

Legislature, House Research Organization FocusReport Number 77-11, July 2, 2001. Thesematerials may be obtained electronically at:http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/hrofr.htm.

3. Full report on line at www.equaljusticecenter.org.

4. The proposed rules are available at:http://www.courts.state.tx.us/tfid/TFID%20policies%20and%20standards.htm.

5. These forms are available online at:http://www.courts.state.tx.us/tfid/TFID%20policies%20and%20standards.htm.

6. See, www.courts.state.tx.us/tfid for moreinformation regarding the committees, activities,and staff of the Task Force.


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