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anygunanywhere wrote:

Jusme wrote:

anygunanywhere wrote:Maybe barry will give her a pardon on the way out of office.

A white female attorney, CHL holder from Texas charged with a firearms violation? I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

Harris County DA office. The office prosecuting pro-lifers. The office where an ADA is on the PP board of directors.

I rest my case.

I do not believe the President's power of pardon extends to those convicted of state crimes, only federal ones.

The attorney in question does not work in the District Attorney's office. She works -- or used to -- in the County Attorney's office doing civil cases. It took me awhile to catch on to this, because in the initial newspaper report (linked in the OP) it quotes her as telling the 911 operator that "I'm a prosecutor." I assumed this meant she was an assistant district attorney, but in fact she was an assistant county attorney, and all the newspaper articles are consistent that she worked for the County Attorney (plus the Texas Bar lists that as her duty as well).

I was not aware that county attorneys were called "prosecutors" but that doesn't mean they're not. I would be interested to know that definitively.

Little thread resurrection here. Just ran across an update this case:

Former Harris County attorney sentenced in road rage case

Susan Sciacca was found guilty Thursday of aggravated assault of [sic] a deadly weapon."

"Sciacca was given two years probation for the crime."

I learned through other articles that after her arrest the DA's office demoted her to paralegal but kept the same pay.

Her license to practice law is suspended while she is appealing her conviction. If she receives a final conviction she will be disbarred.
In the Matter of Susan Marie Sciacca
Petition for Compulsory Discipline


She did not testify on her own behalf at her trial. Her attorney says this was a mistake, and it was due to "duplicitous" information by the State.
(Given the details the attorney presents, I am having a hard time fathoming why he thought not having her testify was a good idea. The "surprise witness" that the State was going to come up with doesn't seem like a big threat to me since he was convicted of an attack on her -- 20 years ago.)

Demoted assistant county attorney sentenced in road rage case

She appealed her conviction, and did receive a new trial:
"Her attorney, Lisa Andrews, said the new trial was granted because some of the legally required paragraphs were left out of the jury charge."
Ex-assistant attorney granted new trial in road rage case

cb1000rider wrote: ...
Mad Kudos to HPD for sweeping this under the rug, making it go away, and actually investigating it.... I'd love to see her disbarred as this sort of thing reflects on her character as part of the court system.

I assume you meant to put a "NOT" in there some place, but I think I know what you meant. However, I believe it was the Tomball PD who investigated and arrested her, not the HPD. Unless Tomball PD is part of the HPD congomerate.

Short career as an ADA. Or should be, sounds like.