Posted on · A new defense attorney for the 23-year-old Armstrong, who was a teenager at the time of his parents' deaths, claimed in a motion for a new trial that he should have been tried as a juvenile and that prosecutors should have provided previous defense attorneys with information that questioned the credibility of a key witness.
Posted on · The verdict came after 11 days of witness testimony. The high-profile case had dragged on for years after two previous juries could not reach a consensus on a verdict in 2019 and 2022.
Posted on · Two Harris County juries have been unable to reach a verdict in the case, in which Armstrong is alleged to have shot his parents to death when he was 16 years old.
Posted on · The resentencing trial of the ex-Alief ISD football coach took two weeks and largely contained the same evidence and information presented to jurors in two previous trials.
Posted on · Clark had been jailed since his Dec. 1 arrest and was originally being held on a $2 million bond, which was subsequently reduced by half by a Harris County district court judge.
Posted on · Bail was originally set at $2 million for Clark, a 33-year-old Channelview man who had obtained an expedited passport prior for his Dec. 1 arrest. His attorneys argued he is not a flight risk and that amount was excessive.
Posted on · The words of one speaker at "Jury Appreciation Week" led to a murder mistrial. In video obtained by Houston Public Media through a public records request, Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess made similar comments.
Posted on · The former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted last month for murdering George Floyd is asking the court for a new trial. His lawyers say Chauvin's case was tainted by pretrial publicity.
Posted on · Former Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver opened fire last year into a moving car filled with five teens, killing 15-year-old high school freshman Jordan Edwards