May-June 2021 | Texas District & County Attorneys Association

The Texas PROSECUTOR JOURNAL

The Texas Prosecutor is the official journal of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. It is published bimonthly and mailed to every prosecutor office employee in the state; it is also available online here.

Editions

May-June 2021

Juvenile justice, CPS

Crossover Court helps juvenile offenders with open CPS cases

by Joshua Luke Sandoval

Workload management

Making the most of the time jury trials have left behind

by Amy M. Eades

domestic violence, Ortiz v. State

The unit-of-prosecution test strikes again in Ortiz v. State

by Ali Nasser

NGRI, insanity, incompetency

Understanding the insanity defense

by Zack Wavrusa

Zooom, pleading inmates, TDCJ

Zooming in to TDCJ

by Jon English

Victim Services

Victim services FAQs and answers

by Jalayne Robinson, LMSW

Dusting off the knowledge we forgot and learning new things

by W. Clay Abbott

Training Wheels

Cautious optimism is the order of the day

by Brian Klas

TDCAF News, Foundation

Recent gifts to the Foundation*

The Escamilla–Wortham Challenge

by Rob Kepple