Houston Criminal Law News

We covered the story of Judge Donald Jackson and the DWI defendant Ariana Venegas last week, when we told you that Venegas accused Jackson of offering her a better Houston criminal lawyer in exchange for her agreeing to become involved with him romantically.

On Friday, Jackson was officially found guilty of the crime of official oppression and was sentenced to two years probation, 200 hours of community service, $4,000 in fines and 25 hours of mandatory state-approved legal ethics courses. He remains on administrative suspension for the time being. The judge hearing the case seemed to be personally offended by Jackson’s actions, stating, “we are all tarnished by your stupidity.”

To read more, see the article in the Dallas Morning News. Image Via St A Sh [Flickr]

Tags: corruption, DWI, official oppression, seduction

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