Spring 2009: Criminal Defense Clinic

By Professor Patrick Metze, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Originally published in the Spring 2009 Texas Tech Law Newsletter.

Year-end Criminal Defense Clinic report tallying 169 cases for 114 clients, recounting T.J. Roberts' Dean's Award for putting out a fire at the Prairie Dog Seminar, guest speakers, and curated student reflections.

(Note: extracted from a multi-column PDF; columns are interleaved line-by-line in the source text.)

From the Desk of Patrick S. Metze – Director, Criminal Defense Clinic

The students in the Criminal Defense Clinic were busy this year representing real people in real cases in real time. This year students have handled 169 cases for 114 clients. Of these cases, 28 are still pending, 78 were disposed of through some time of negotiated plea, 42 cases were dismissed, and 21 were disposed of for other reasons. Cases consisted of 143 misdemeanors and 26 felonies including 1 felony appeal.

This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Spring 2009 issue at Texas Tech Law.