
02/06/2024
As a result, we defense attorneys are frequently getting more cases dismissed for a lack of probable cause. It ought not be that way, except citizens are frequently being arrested and charged for crimes they did not commit because, as the Chronicle article claims, the prosecutors assigned to intake lack trial experience and thereby cannot properly evaluate the calls from law enforcement warrant that a charge should be accepted. Houstonians deserve better.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg’s office filed criminal charges in more than 4,500 cases in 2022 that judges said lacked probable cause, the lowest burden of proof needed to detain and prosecute someone.