Just a few days before I retired I was in a meeting with several LE agencies from Harris County, Bexar County, Travis County and the FBI ASACS from each of those counties. Their sole purpose of the meeting with me was to figure out a way to file a rather large case WITHOUT HAVING to file it in 1. Harris County 2. Travis County
3. Bexar County. In that order. We did find a way to get it in a less urban, more rural county.
If I knew LE ever had a meeting like that when I was DA and wanted to keep a case out of my jurisdiction, I would have re-signed for being a sh---y DA.
And the DA's office in Harris County once was the shining star on the hill as the most hard charging and effective office, not just in the state, but in the country. Glad I am out of the business.
Edit: But in rural Texas juries will still punt a criminal straight to Huntsville for a long, long time. That goodness for rural Texas.
3. Bexar County. In that order. We did find a way to get it in a less urban, more rural county.
If I knew LE ever had a meeting like that when I was DA and wanted to keep a case out of my jurisdiction, I would have re-signed for being a sh---y DA.
And the DA's office in Harris County once was the shining star on the hill as the most hard charging and effective office, not just in the state, but in the country. Glad I am out of the business.
Edit: But in rural Texas juries will still punt a criminal straight to Huntsville for a long, long time. That goodness for rural Texas.