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Court reporter
says testimony
resulted in firing
Weather Watch
CONROE (AP) — A key defense
witness in a hearing on death row in
mate Clarence Lee Brandley’s re
quest for a new' trial said she w'as
fired from her court reporting job
by thejudge she testified against.
Mary Johnson, 49, a six-year em
ployee of State District Judge John
Martin, said Wednesday she re
ceived a letter Monday informing
her she no longer had the position.
Martin’s letter, dated Jan. 29, made
the firing effective Jan. 31.
“I feel the reason I was fired by
Judge John Martin is for testifying
about the truth concerning the mat
ter on death row in the Brandley
hearing and that’s the only reason I
was fired,” Johnson said. “They
could have reassigned me to another
court.”
Martin confirmed that Johnson
had been fired, but would not dis
cuss his reasons or her testimony
since Brandley’s appeal has not con
cluded.
Brandley, a black janitor at Con
roe High School, was convicted in
1981 of the Aug. 23, 1980, rape-slay
ing of 16-year-old Cheryl Fergeson
at the school, where the white girl’s
volleyball team was practicing.
Johnson testified during the Octo
ber evidentiary hearing in Galveston
that Martin set Brandley’s first exe
cution date on Jan. 16, 1986, to coin
cide with her birthday and that of
District Clerk Peggy Stevens. She
also said Martin told her his treat
ment during the hearing by defense
attorney Mike DeGeurin would de
termine whether he granted proba
tion to a woman convicted of perjury
in another county.
That woman was being defended
by a partner of DeGeurin’s brother.
Martin denied both accusations
under oath.
The hearing resulted in a judge’s
recommendation Oct. 9 for a new
trial for Brandley. The Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals in Austin has
yet to decide the issue.
State District Judge Perry Pickett,
who presided over the hearing, said
in his recommendation that Brand-
ley’s conviction and death sentence
were marred by racial prejudice,
perjured testimony, intimidated wit
nesses and a biased investigation.
Brandley, 37, said Wednesday he
was frustrated at remaining on
death row but continues to have
faith in the judicial system.
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Sunset Today: 6:04 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday: 7:12 a m.
Map Discussion:
A trough of low pressure over the eastern half of the United States and an arcs: BE
high from eastern Montana to southern Missouri will remain intact; thus, a$e ! «i
of low pressure troughs will drag new waves of arctic air to southeast TexasafiB
the Gulf Coast with snow or snowshowers from the Great Lakes into the cent} H
Appalachians. Also, expect snow in southeastern New Mexico and WestTexa; ■
with a threat of freezing drizzle from the Texas Hill Country to northeast Texas I
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Prisoners’ privacy
might be violated
by copying records
Forecast:
Today. Overcast and cold with a high of 38 degrees and intermittent drizzlea
light rain. Winds will be northeast at 10 to 18 mph.
Tonight and Saturday. Continued overcast and cold with a low temperatureo'
degrees Saturday morning. Expect intermittent drizzle or light rain, possiblei;
form of freezing drizzle or rain from midnight through noon Saturday. Thehi§l>
temperature will be 34 degrees with east-northeasterly winds near 10 mph.
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Weather Fact. Winterization — the preparation for operations in conditionsof |
winter weather. This applies to preparation not only for cold temperatures, tmti
for snow, ice and strong winds.
Prepared by: CharlieBcto
Staff Meteoroh^
A&M Department of Metoi
AUSTIN (AP) — Although the
state has stopped using prison in
mates to microfilm records of for
mer prisoners, inmates still copy
other records, including those of ju
venile offenders and probationers,
the Austin American-Statesman re
ported Thursday.
The newspaper quoted officials as
saying they will review whether any
personal or sensitive information is
being compromised by the micro
filming.
The director of the Harris County
adult probation office began an in
quiry this week into whether its use
of the Texas Department of Correc
tions microfilming center violates a
federal court order prohibiting in
mates from having access to sensitive
information about other prisoners.
Lawrence Coleman said he would
take the matter to the committee of
judges that oversees the office.
The office has a contract with the
corrections department to microfilm
the files of ah offenders discharged
from probation, about 20,000 peo
ple a year.
Coleman said having prisoners
copy the files of revoked probation
ers who are serving prison terms
might violate the court order.
Several hundred inmates at four
prison units work on various micro
filming and data-entry projects.
Prison officials said they have more
than 40 contracts for work with state
agencies and city and county govern
ments.
The microfilming industry at the
E risons is thought to be one of the
irgest in the nation.
Ron Jackson, director of the
Texas Youth Commission, said he
will ask the agency’s board to review
the practice of having all files on dis
charged youths copied by inmates.
About 2,000 juveniles are com
mitted to the Youth Commission
each year, and about the same num
ber are discharged.
But, Jackson said, many end up in
adult prisons in a few years. The
files contain social histories, psycho
logical information and school re
cords.
“Those inmates are capable of
doing anything,” Jackson said.
“Some of them are pretty smart. I as
sume inmates are smart enough to
isolate a particular name and reuse
it.”
The criminal records of juveniles
are confidential by law, and, “in es
sence, we’re losing confidentiality
with inmates having access to them,”
Jackson said.
Salutes
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Richard A. Frederiksen, a professor of plant pathology, has been elects
fellow of the American Phytopathological Society.
Dr. James F. Courtney, a professor of business analysis, has been namedttf
first holder of the Tenneco Professorship in Business Administratioin.
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Students
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Five students have been awarded spring semester scholarships fromII
College of Liberal Arts.
Jeanne Coignet of Lake Jackson, a junior English major, Janet Reed
Scholarship; Kristi Scales of Wiley, a speech communication major,
Connelly Scholarship; Eric Fisher of Midland, an economics major, Tom J.to
nelly Scholarship; Sammie Williams of South Lake, a speech communicati
major, Catherine Thomas Evans Scholarship; and Patricia Johnson of te.
Bay, an economics major, Ella C. McFadden Scholarship
Steven C. Caberto, counseling psychology graduate student, has been;
cepted to attend the U.S. Air Force clinical psychology intership prograir
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio.
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Salutes is a community service provided by The Battalion to list students, W|
and staff who have received honors and awards (such as scholarships ret:
ment, etc.). Space is limited and is provided on a first-come, first-served
There is no guarantee that your submission will run. Submissions may ben
fused if they contain incomplete or incorrect information. If you have anyquer
tions, please call The Battalion at 845-3315.
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Boxing during police training causes injuries to DPS recru
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Feb.
AUSTIN (AP) — A Department
of Public Safety recruit from Abilene
was hospitalized in critical condition
Thursday with injuries suffered
while boxing during a training ses
sion.
Joel Lopez Cordova, 25, under
went surgery at Brackenridge Hos
pital after being injured Wednesday
during “half-speed sparring” with
another cadet at the DPS gym, DPS
spokesman David Wells said.
Cordova was struck on the right
Cheek and staggered slightly before
he started hitting a punching bag,
Wells said. The recruit then became
ill and collapsed in a rest room.
Wells said recruits of similarij
are matched for the sparring.
“It’s the type of sparring
they try to learn balance, andtl
their hands up in case someoj
trying to strike them,” he said.
Feb.
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