More On The Torching Of Financially Strapped Texas Supreme Court Justice's Home

The Southeast Texas Record ran a column recently on the unusual case of the financially strapped, Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina who, along with his wife, was indicted recently in connection with a fire to their home that fire investigators called arson. Fire investigators grew suspicious when they discovered the use of an accelerant to set the blaze, coupled with Medina's financial problems, including a mortgage foreclosure action against him that was settled only about six months before the home was torched.

The story took an interesting twist when, within one day of the indictment, the Harris County (Houston) District Attorney sought and obtained a dismissal of the indictment. The story also describes the reaction to the decision to dismiss the indictments by the foreman and assistant foreman of the grand jury that handed them down, as well as the possible "fire" they face for going public with their reaction to the dismissals (grand jury deliberations are supposed to be secret).

For more, see A Judicial Career Up in Flames? The Strange Case of David Medina.

See also:

• KHOU-TV Channel 11 (Houston): Prosecutor: Accusations of payback in Medina case 'a crock',
• Texas Lawyer (appearing on law.com): Foreman: Grand Jury Wants to Make Presentation on Medina Investigation to Incoming Panel ('You've got 12 angry jurors,' says foreman).
  
  

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