( Contractors are supposed to conduct criminal checks but his department head said she never knew about Bivins' past. ( ( We have to have individuals working for us who the public can have trust in, said human resources director Mattye Mauldin-Taylor. ((((((()( ( ( ( ( ))h(((((((((( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (( ( ( ( JZ( JZ(((((((( ))h ((((((((((JZ ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (((()(h ( ( ( ( (((((((( JZ( ( ))h( ( Dallas, Texas 75207 (214) 653- CAUSE NO. ZJZ J)h (Z ( (((((( ( )( ( ( (( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( J Z()h (?i(J Z( %%EOF Temp agency workers typically dont go through that process. Dallas County Courts are allowing pass slips to be done remotely. ( Charged with misdemeanor assault-family violence. County Judge Clay Jenkins said its unacceptable for contractors to assign employees who have criminal histories and put our employees and the public at risk.. ( Pass Slip. ))h ( (qE RPE- R@ E- R@%- RR@ E- QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE% - QE QE QE QE Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@ KE QE Q@Q@ KE QE RRPKIK@Q@Q@RPE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE Q@ E- Q@ E- R@ E-% QE QE 'RA@ August 1994 Deferred sentence is revoked. Find the best ones near you. ( ( My Defense Lawyer Wont Call Me Back- What Do I Do? In law, must and shall are important words. As a result, county officials may not know how long temps have been on the job, if they are related to a county employee or if they have a criminal background. This is not legal advice. Dallas County felony judges used to have a policy setting 5-, 10- and 30-day deadlines for police to file cases depending on the offense. ( The contact form sends information by non-encrypted email, which is not secure. They go through a county-mandated background check. Sentenced to 90 days in jail. ( Another temp got into trouble after she began working for All Temps, Wilson said. ( Contrast that with may, which implies that it doesnt matter if the thing happens or not. ( ( But the free options have very little interest in you as a person. ( H[k0g}LC7'nB.,IK8[2^wa>Tg_]@H9z6t:`%>r%1UnniM DY2\a. ( Dallas County HHS director Zachary Thompson, whose department has spent the most money on temps in recent years, declined to comment. ( ( (((( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ()h ( ( ( Submitting a contact form, sending a text message, making a phone call, or leaving a voicemail does not create an attorney-client relationship. What about pleading true to a probation revocation? The countys limited records on temps also make it difficult for anyone to find out. JZ( ( ( J Z( Fax . ( ( ( ( Kelton Bivins came with a slew of criminal charges when he began as a temporary worker in Dallas County's elections department in January. April 2013 The Texas attorney general's office sues Bivins in Dallas County family court for unpaid child support. Next, are cases where the evidence is pretty clear that your guilty of the charge. These defendants are frustrated that they hired an attorney but can not get an update, or a callback, or any information regarding their case. ( Dallas Morning News editorials are written by the paper's Editorial Board and serve as the voice and view of the paper. ( How does that apply to roofing contractors? ( The entire issue was resolved to both parties satisfaction, she said. It is now more likely that you will miss a hearing or deadline. Privacy Notice for California Residents, https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/district-clerk/downloadable_forms/PASS-SLIP.pd . May 13, 2010 Prosecutors seek to revoke Bivins' deferred adjudication in the 2008 felony drug case because of the shooting. ( ( ( If you are charged with theft over a roofing case, most often the prosecutor will require restitution as a condition of any plea bargain, or even offer a better plea offer if you pay restitution upfront. ( ( Judicial Records. ( Dec. 14, 2008 Accused of attacking the same woman, by then his former girlfriend. Jenkins said if temps are used to fill long-term positions, department heads should decide promptly whether to hire them as county employees. ( She also had completed probation for a misdemeanor theft charge shortly after she started her county assignment. So Bob does one 5 year sentence. Service Center. ( This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. And theyre issued county identification badges. This blog is made available for educational purposes only. ( ( The most noteworthy item in the judges letter is a bullet point that states they are developing a judicial management plan that would place time constraints on bringing a case to disposition. For example, the judges wrote, a plan could require that a felony case, once indicted, have no more than 12 settings, say, unless issues arise with DNA testing. County officials said last week Bivins no longer works there. Cases are still moving forward. ( And a nurse was assigned to HHS as a temp about 18 months after being convicted of misdemeanor theft. ( Property Tax Records. ( endstream endobj 167 0 obj <>stream It says that the defendant was in court for his/her scheduled hearing, but did not make a plea, trial request, etc. ( ( ( ( Dallas Co. uses pass slips to pass cases for the defendant's appearance, while having the case appear on the docket as a check for status. ( ( hbbd```b`` 5 d8"O`,< =$!I0yLag3PO9H,Ns"d@b3Ip3.6=0&/`X:0H2\eL`q @ =X ( But anyone with outstanding warrants is not considered for a county job. ( ( I dont even know you. ( But, in sexual assault cases there is a special provision, 38.37 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, that allows prior convictions to be used against a defendant. We are going to skip the issue of if a defendant should or should not testify in right now. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.3.htm. JZ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ()h Her office periodically looks at some of the countys top 100 vendors. County officials had raised concerns about another All Temps employee in 2008. Contractors whove earned millions supplying the county with temporary employees are required to do criminal background checks on their hires. ( ( UR8 4>+Yf%3# _c:OQJ M_LG;UI'X%UyBEwpFGX>$ GA;x7 th/0 PGiXYTt5QS +w)=L;I S_O,! ( That employee worked in the tax office under a false name and encountered problems on previous work assignments, unbeknownst to both Dallas County and the Tax Office, according to a letter from the district attorneys office to All Temps. ( Their stress and anxiety are only made worse the more serious the charge. ( ( ( Such backgrounds might derail an application for a full-time county position. ( Consult with an attorney before choosing any course of conduct. Evading arrest case is still pending. The Dallas Morning News identified him and several other county temps with criminal histories. Dallas County Courts are allowing pass slips to be done remotely. But departments are supposed to track how many hours they work and certify time sheets, Mauldin-Taylor said. Posts categorized with "Dallas Criminal Justice" Call Today: . That is, the defendant must know how much time hes look at before he says Im guilty. ( COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT 133 North Riverfront Blvd. hb``a`. ( COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT 133 North Riverfront Blvd. (( ( '& )E>yOuv()hPKIK@ Dallas County has the right to review the performance of contractors that provide temporary labor. Now more than ever it is important to hire an attorney who is concerned about your interest. ( Rooting Contractors Theft Cases- What happens when a contractor takes your money and doesnt do the work? %PDF-1.7 1 0 obj <> stream JFIF C Defendant . Our law firm handles both criminal defense, and family law matters. ( Theyre doing my work.. ( ( Download Form Add to Favorites. ( However, sometimes a roofing contractor is hired, paid, but then fails to fix your roof as agreed. Officials could not recall when, if ever, a temporary worker contract was audited. It shouldnt have taken so much pushing and shoving to get here. ( Our criminal court system certainly has changed. ( ( Email completed form to Jesusita.Tovar@dallascounty.org.Jesusita.Tovar@dallascounty.org. The pass slip is a record of how the case is proceeding in criminal court. ( ( The health department was authorized, for example, to pay a staffing contractor $2.3 million in 2011. If Husband was arrested for assault family violence, then often the judge (magistrate) who sets his bond will issue an emergency order of protection. ( !h e9E?G1k2Xyj@E~kJ8!9NM9kiSZ1L6{q]{ZBv@%4#X)2NtS H-~f2jG~GsCStBc'=lGF fYq4}~a ( Top officials now say they arent certain thats happening. ( Another accounting clerk was working there not long after he finished probation for felony theft for falsifying documents at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas to steal more than $26,600. ( The county has paid All Temps more than $13 million for supplying temporary workers since 2002. ( ( Do not risk your freedom. He referred The News to a lawyer representing the county, and Martin, the county administrator, later issued a response on his behalf. ( Several landmark legal cases in the history of the United States have challenged this notion of equal representation by jurymost notably by Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). If you are getting divorced this will essentially ban a defendant from accessing the marital residence. ( September 1994 Gets deferred sentence on a felony theft charge. ( Its when the main evidence in a case is the complaining witness testifies, and so does the defendant. Elections. But one cannot overlook that Dallas County is sitting on a backlog of 20,000 pending and active felony cases, a whopping number that means many people who cannot make bail are waiting in jail for their cases to go to trial or be resolved some other way. Last week, Dallas County felony judges sent an 11-page letter to county officials offering ideas to reduce the jail population and make a dent on the case backlog. } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br )i( J( ( ( ^>~3,`eIj1 7 ,"pX!/ W ( There have been a few attempts, but we have not figured out how to properly do jury trials. h24U0Pw/+Q0L)6 ( HHS does not need budget office approval if its spending grant money, officials said. JZ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( The county jail population has skyrocketed from about 5,000 inmates three years ago to more than 6,200 this summer. ( Its one reason that setting expectations and letting clients manage their own risks is so important. ( The backlog is growing. qO|) [mTpQO]^|]N>Y%UGQ:s@Q@Q@ QE QIK@PE% -Q@ KIK@RPE QIK@Q@ RQE -Q@ U mY?6z[C. This paper evaluates if there are any relationships of interest with respect to juror demographics and location regarding challenges for cause in felony criminal trials in Dallas County, TX. Charged with a second misdemeanor assault-family violence. 0 If youve employed them for three to four years, then why have you not hired them on a permanent basis? Mauldin-Taylor said, adding she believes thats a legitimate business question that every business probably should ask.. ( Other county officials said they were surprised to learn about the criminal histories. When someone takes has a trial or enters an open plea to the court (pleading guilty with no agreed sentence) and gets a result they dont want they usually pivot to see if their lawyer was defective. Bivins, 37, also was on probation for a drug charge and served time in the mid-1990s for theft. File Details: PDF (281 KB) Downloads: 26. First, what is a he said/she said sexual assault case? ( ( Last week, Dallas County felony judges sent an 11-page letter to county officials offering ideas to reduce the jail population and make a dent on the case backlog . That came after officials discovered that high-level city employees retired and often went back to work for the city as temporary employees for a contractor. ( That was part of the contractual obligation for the temporary staffing agencies, she said. ( ( ( The countys contract says all job assignments will be as needed.. ( ( Get smart opinions on the topics North Texans care about. Reading this blog and/or submitting comments will never form an attorney-client relationship. It recently sent out an internal control questionnaire to a temp agency in that group, but she said its not a full audit.. ( (()h The backlog is growing. ( He was accused of snatching $69 from a restaurant cash register. ( ( But he said he decided to stop using temp agency workers for other reasons before he left office at the end of 2008. Other departments have limited money for temps and must justify their use. Two charges for beating his girlfriend. ( ( endstream endobj 168 0 obj <>stream ( Economic Development. 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