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Ground Control: In a Texas First, Nonprofits Vie to Become Guardians of Historic Houston Cemetery
Margott Williams visited the historic Olivewood Cemetery in Houston for the first time in 1999, because she wanted to have her grandmother, who had just passed away, buried next to her grandfather. But Williams was shocked at the condition of the neglected and overgrown cemetery, which is the oldest African-American cemetery in Houston. Since then, two nonprofit organizations have contested control of the cemetery in court.
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Aldrich v. State
(Tex.App. Dist.2 11/26/2008)
Aldrich was denied effective assistance of counsel in part because defense counsel failed objectively and adequately to convey the state's plea offer to him. Fort Worth Court of Appeals, No. 2-05-303-CR.
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