
The criminal court judge in the Attorney General Ken Paxton securities fraud case has ruled that his defense lawyers can get records related to the selection of the grand jury. The prosecutors say that no improprieties occurred in the grand jury selection and empanelment. Paxton is seeking evidence to see if the grand jury was stacked against him.
by Lana Shadwick17 Oct 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

A notice filed by special prosecutors in the securities fraud cases against Texas Attorney General Paxton raises potentially exculpatory, as well as damaging evidence. Clint Broden, a lawyer from Dallas who is double-board certified in criminal law told Breitbart Texas, “The notice could be a double-edged sword.”
by Lana Shadwick19 Sep 2015, 1:58 PM PST0

Special prosecutors in the securities fraud indictments of Ken Paxton obtained newly re-worded indictments against the sitting Texas attorney general.
by Lana Shadwick20 Aug 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

Breitbart readers have commented on the reported upcoming indictment of Attorney General Ken Paxton by charging that the investigation and any indictments of Paxton is a witch hunt by Democrats, Paxton’s prior AG opponent Dan Branch and his friends, and/or a “Blue RINO hunt.” Others do not seem so sure.
by Lana Shadwick3 Aug 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

Two special prosecutors appointed to look into whether Ken Paxton violated Texas securities laws or other laws have announced they will present evidence to a Collin County, Texas, grand jury soon.
by Lana Shadwick3 Jul 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas– Houston attorneys Kent Schaffer and Brian Wice were appointed today to serve as Collin County Criminal District Attorneys Pro Tem (Latin for temporary) to “assist in the investigation and, if warranted, the prosecution of Ken Paxton for the securities law complaints currently under investigation by the Texas Rangers.” Texas State District Court Judge Scott J. Becker, Local Administrative Judge for Collin County, Texas made this appointment pursuant to the authority of Article 2.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
by Lana Shadwick22 Apr 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

A District Attorney’s Office in Texas is facing multiple accusations of intentionally withholding favorable evidence from defendants, and the accusations could have major impacts on at least two cases. In the first, a former Nueces County prosecutor filed suit against the Nueces County District Attorney in mid-December claiming he was fired for refusing to withhold favorable evidence from the criminal defense. Then, late last month, defense lawyers for Hannah Overton urged visiting Judge Mario Ramirez Jr., of Edinburg, to drop the murder charge because the prosecutor in the 2007 trial intentionally withheld evidence that would have proved Overton’s innocence.
by Lana Shadwick9 Feb 2015, 9:11 AM PST0