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Friday, September 16, 2011
       
  Time       Topic   Documents    
 
   
  7:30 - 8:00

    Registration        
     
  8:00 - 8:15       Introductory Remarks
Marjorie A. Meyers, FPD S.D. TX
Jason Libby, Supervisory AFPD, Corpus Christi
 
       
  8:15 - 8:45       Appointed Counsel Duties: Appointments, Vouchers
Janice Ellington, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Corpus Christi
Brian Owsley, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Corpus Christi
David Adler, CJA Panel Representative, Attorney, Houston



     
  8:45 - 9:45       Recent Cases
Timothy Crooks , Supervisory AFPD, Houston
 
     
  9:45 - 10:15       Preserving Error: Requirements and Traps
Molly Odom , AFPD, Houston
Peter Bray , AFPD, Houston

Richard Gould , AFPD, McAllen
 
       
  10:15 - 10:30       Break
       
  10:30 - 11:00       Sentencing Enhancement Review
Laura Leavitt, AFPD, Houston
 
     
  11:00 - 12:15       Using Media for Effective Sentencing Presentations
Doug Passon, AFPD, Arizona
 
     
  12:15 - 1:15       Box Lunch
"Special Guest" The Honorable Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos,
U.S. District Judge, S.D. TX, Corpus Christi
 
       
  1:15 - 2:00       Effective Use of Technology: Internet Searches, Trial Director
Yvonne Sanchez , AFPD,McAllen
Nadia Medrano , AFPD,McAllen
       
  2:00 - 2:45       Firearms: What are They and What Laws Govern Them?
Jason Libby , Supervisory AFPD,Corpus Christi
       
  2:45 - 3:30       Bail
Frank Morales , AFPD,Corpus Christi
 
       
  3:30 - 3:45       Break
       
  3:45 - 4:30       Evidence Panel: Crawford, FRE 404(b), Experts
Kyle Welch , AFPD,McAllen
Myrna Montemayor, AFPD, Laredo
Sandra Zayas, AFPD, Brownsville
Marjorie A. Meyers, Moderator
 
       
  4:30 - 5:15       Sentencing Update
Marjorie A. Meyers, FPD S.D. TX
 
       
  5:15       Adjourn
 
             
             
       
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