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Monthly Archive: August 2012
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Aug 18
Defense Attorneys Live to Fight Another Day
After six days of trial battling charges of contempt, prominent defense attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds can breathe a sigh of relief. Visiting Judge Juanita Vasquez-Gardner, a jurist in Bexar County, on Saturday decided that the two attorneys will not have to pay any fines and will not face any jail time after finding …
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Aug 18
Closing Arguments in Contempt Trial Ongoing
El Paso defense attorneys Stuart Leeds and Theresa Caballero were in the process of delivering their closing statements in their contempt trial Saturday morning when the prosecution asked for a brief break. The prosecutor, Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza, is expected to begin his closing argument following the conclusion of attorney Caballero’s summation after …
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Aug 18
Judge in Contempt Trial Threatened
It was revealed today that Visiting Judge Steve Smith, of College Station, was threatened through an email not to come to El Paso. Judge Smith, who filed the original charges, testified Friday in El Paso in the contempt trial of prominent El Paso attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds. The two attorneys have been accused …
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Aug 17
Contempt Trial More Than Its Parts
The judge accusing two El Paso defense attorneys of contempt on Friday took on about seven hours of withering questioning from one of the defendants, often side stepping or providing alternate answers. Judge Steve Smith, of College Station, testified that prominent El Paso attorneys Stuart Leeds and Theresa Caballero allegedly brought disrespect to the judiciary …
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Aug 17
Judge Smith Testifies Attorneys Disrespectful, Biased
Judge Steve Smith, of College Station, testified Friday that attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds were the ones who were racist and disrespectful during the trial of Judge Regina Arditti, who was found not guilty. Judge Smith testified that emails Leeds and Caballero sent him were, first, improper and, second, contemptuous. “They brought disrespect to …
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Aug 17
Fireworks Erupt as Judge Set to Testify
Attorneys and prosecutors in a contempt trial that could set the stage for how litigators practice on Friday clashed as they waited for the complaint originator to arrive. District Attorney Henry Garza, of Bell County, announced that Judge Steve Smith, a visiting judge from the College Station area, was expected to arrive at the El …
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Aug 16
Judge Will Testify as Witnesses Continue to Give Evidence
The prosecutor in the contempt trial of two, prominent El Paso defense attorneys announced today that Judge Steve Smith will testify as a rebuttal witness in the proceedings he initiated. Visiting Judge Smith, of the College Station area, filed the contempt complaint against attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds alleging they were confrontational, disrespectful and …
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Aug 16
Witnesses Take Media to Task
Witnesses in the contempt trial of El Paso defense attorneys Stuart Leeds and Theresa Caballero Thursday slammed the media, specifically the El Paso Times, alleging the newspaper regularly vilifies the attorneys tainting their reputation in the community. “It was a concerted effort by the Times. They painted me and Ms. Caballero as criminals. If they …
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Aug 16
El Paso Downtown Stadium: Just more corruption
Opinion
by Martín Paredes
August 16, 2012
For years now the mantra has been that if we only had a viable downtown all of El Paso’s problems would magically just go away. Forget the inconvenient truth that the educational system in El Paso, as evidenced by the continued failure of the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), is nothing more than a …
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