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  • Ron Stutes
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min read

Bar Journal spotlights Municipal Courts

Updated: Feb 1, 2019

The new February issue of the Texas Bar Journal has an article by Judge Sherry Statman, Chief Judge of the Austin Municipal Court. It has a section on the issue of indigent defendants and the question of jailing them when they cannot pay the fines. The article can be found at https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=articles&ContentID=43958&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm

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