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Paul Broussard (1964–1991), a 27-year-old -area banker and alumnus, died after a incident outside a Houston nightclub in the early hours of July 4, 1991. Nine teenaged youths, ages 15–17, and one 22-year-old were on drugs and alcohol when they left a high school party in the suburb of and headed for Houston's heavily gay area in an attempt to gain admittance to dance clubs located in the vicinity.After being refused entry to several establishments, they pulled into a parking lot where they encountered Broussard and two friends, who were also intoxicated. They then attacked Broussard and his friends. Broussard was beaten and stabbed twice with a belonging to 17-year-old Jon Buice. He died several hours later as a result of both internal injuries as well as what an expert termed 'a delay in treatment' (In the early days of the crisis, police and medical personnel were slow to respond to calls from the Montrose area for fear of AIDS contamination.)When Houston leader confronted police about solving the murder, he was told that they had no intention of doing so.
Gay rights advocates, frustrated about being ignored and persecuted by city officials, marched through the streets and in front of the 's home for several days in what became Houston's largest and long-lasting gay rights demonstration in history. Ultimately, the boys – labeled 'The Woodlands Ten' – were apprehended and into prison without a trial for the murder of Broussard. Contents.The attack Paul Broussard was walking across a parking lot just after 2:00 a.m., on July 4, 1991, in heavily gay neighborhood of, accompanied by his friends Cary Anderson and Richard Delaunay, when the trio encountered ten young men from: Jaime Aguirre, Javier Aguirre, Derrick Attard, Jon Buice, Chance Paul Dillon, Rafael Grable Gonzalez, Gayland Randle, Leandro Ramirez, Brian Spake, and Jeffrey Valentine. All but Dillon attended in The Woodlands.Broussard and friends were just blocks away from home when the boys asked them for directions. The boys then reportedly exited their vehicles and attacked the men with fists, steel-toed boots, bear claws and a small wielded by Buice.
While Anderson and Delaunay escaped down a busy street, Broussard was surrounded by the ten attackers. Broussard suffered abrasions, puncture wounds, a broken rib, bruised testicles, and two stab wounds. As he lay on the ground, almost unconscious, two of his attackers rifled through his pockets and took a comb as a souvenir. The ten young men then drove off up towards The Woodlands.When staff finally arrived at the scene early on the morning of July 4, they found a wounded, but still conversant Broussard. As they prepared to transport him to Ben Taub Medical Center, the city's trauma hospital, Broussard requested to be taken to St. Joseph Medical Center as his hospital of choice.
For unknown reasons, EMS staff determined that the severity of his wounds warranted low priority transport (no lights or sirens). As a consequence, what should have been an eight-minute trip took forty minutes. It was another hour before a doctor could be located who was willing to address Broussard's wounds. Broussard later died of internal injuries. His mother, Nancy Rodriguez, flew into Houston from, and met with Houston police as well as with Anderson and Delaunay.Protests Houston advocate went to the Houston police to find out the progress in the case.
Once he learned that police had no intention of pursuing the murder, he met with television and newspaper outlets while helping to organize the largest gay rights protests in the city's history. Houston helped organize the large public protests, some of which took place in front of the 's house, with Rodriguez participating. The resulting media attention led to one of the assailants' girlfriends calling the police.Arrests and sentencing Attard went to after the attack, and was arrested there. Buice is reported to have turned himself in after being encouraged to do so by his father.
All ten were soon arrested and signed without attorneys present. Hill lobbied the prosecutor and for 'meaningful sentences' for the attackers, dubbed the 'Woodlands Ten.' All ten of Broussard's assailants were eventually plea-bargained without the case going to trial.Attard received for agreeing to testify against the other nine. Four other boys received probation, and Rodriguez – aided by the Houston Crime Victim's Office – worked with the D.A. To set the terms. The court also ordered them to pay for Anderson's hospital bill and Broussard's funeral.
Attard and Randle violated the terms of their probations and were sent to prison. Buice, who inflicted the stab wounds, received a 45-year sentence. Dillon received a 20-year sentence for and aggravated attempted murder. The three remaining assailants received sentences of 15-years-and-one-day for their admitted participation in the beatings. Their sentences were criticized by Rodriguez and Queer Nation as being too light.Prison, parole and release Dillon was the first of the attackers to be released in March 2000, after serving just six years. He owed his freedom to a mandatory release law that was repealed in 1996.
Attard, Gonzalez, Randle, Spake, and Valentine also received probation and were released. Buice, who received the longest sentence and is the last of the Woodlands Ten, was denied in October 2003, October 2005, and October 2007.
He was granted parole in July 2011, however, which was revoked for reasons that were not disclosed to him and his family. Buice's parole was denied again on October 21, 2014.
Buice was ultimately granted parole in November 2015 and released to the custody of his father on December 30 under strict and intensive supervision. Rodriguez currently lives near and has attended more than 20 parole hearings in her efforts to keep her son's assailants in prison.The Guy With The Knife. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( October 2019) In 2006, while visiting Houston to report on a story about the aftermath of, filmmaker Alison Armstrong heard about an 'unusual friendship' between Hill and Buice. She learned that after meeting with Buice and others convicted of the murder, Hill became convinced that the Woodlands Ten were not or had been on the night of Broussard's murder. Hill reported that he began to regret fabricating the false motive after meeting and corresponding with Buice and other members of the Woodlands Ten, and began encouraging Buice to pursue his education and worked toward helping Buice win release on parole. 'I lied to get media attention to get Houston police to solve a gay murder.
It was wrong, but it worked,' he told Armstrong. 'Now I'm doing what I have to do on behalf of Jon Buice.' Armstrong became intrigued with not only the unusual friendship between the two men, but also the role the media had played in all aspects of the case.
Ultimately, she came to believe that the larger issue of a criminal justice system that would nine minors into the adult prison system without the case ever going to trial, should also be an element covered by the film. However, much more came to light as the project unfolded. Armstrong's film The Guy With The Knife, uncovered a pattern of delay in responding to the gay community in Montrose by Houston first responders. Houston gay rights activist Maria Gonzalez recounted unfortunate advice that was repeated in Montrose during those years: 'If you get hurt in Montrose, get in your car and drive some place else – and then call.' In another scene, expert medical examiner Dr. Alan Taylor amends Broussard's cause of death to include 'a delay in treatment.'
Other revelations include questionable practices by the Texas penal system and an unusually closed parole process that may violate the of the accused by withholding key information.The documentary received numerous accolades from several LGBT. In early November 2015, the film was publicly screened at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in partnership with the, the Harvey Milk Society, The Center for Health and Social Policy, and The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.
It was followed by a panel discussion including Armstrong; Gonzalez; journalism professor Michael Berryhill; and LBJ School criminal justice policy Professor Michele Deitch.Jon Buice In April 1999, Buice wrote an to the gay community apologizing and seeking to make amends for his role in Broussard's murder, which was addressed to the radio station and printed in the. Buice said he was moved to write the letter after hearing about the murder of. In a subsequent interview with a researcher, Buice said that he was not homophobic and had close friends and relatives who were gay. Buice also said that the attack had less to do with Broussard's than with thrill-seeking, male-bonding, peer pressure, and the influence of drugs and alcohol. Some, including Buice, had also used and.According to prison officials, Buice has a spotless prison record.
He has earned in and and a in.Buice was denied his parole requests in 2007 and 2009. He was scheduled to be released on parole around October 2011, but after protests from Broussard's mother as well as other gay activists, the Parole Board reversed its decision and denied Buice parole. Buice's parole was reviewed in August 2012.
He was denied again on October 21, 2014, but was ultimately granted and released on December 30, 2015 into the custody of his father, Jim Buice, under strict supervision. Buice's attempts at parole were supported by Hill, who is also an ex-convict and host of The Prison Show on KPFT. Others also speaking on behalf of parole for Buice included Gonzalez, Berryhill, and the late crime reporter Susan Bardwell.
On January 20th, 2020 Jon Buice was arrested in the Woodlands for DWI. When Police were called to the scene, they found a silver car in the ditch with a missing tire. Buice was in the drivers seat, he was charged with driving with IntoxicatedSee also. ^ 2006-10-02 at the.
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March 12, 2015, at theExternal links. Catherine Chriss, Eric Hanson (1991-07-06). Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2006-09-24. Initial article in the Houston Chronicle about the Murder. Eric Hanson, Geoff Davidian and Catherine Chriss (1991-07-13).
Retrieved 2006-09-24. Article about Jon Christopher Buice, convicted of killing Paul Broussard.
Overview
Eric Hansen is Senior Counsel in the Dallas office of McKool Smith. Prior to joining the firm, Eric was a law clerk for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, where he worked for Magistrate Judge Chad Everingham assisting with legal research, opinion drafting, and trial work. Prior to working for the Court, Eric represented clients both in district court and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Eric represents companies as both plaintiffs and defendants in actions spanning the chemical, electrical, and mechanical arts. He has successfully represented clients in all phases of litigation, from pre-filing diligence through discovery, claim construction, trial, and appeal.
While attending law school, Eric was the production editor and editorial board member of the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Law.
Experience
Representative Matters
Ericsson. Represented Ericsson against Samsung before the ITC in both Ericsson’s offensive case and defensive case. Also represented Ericsson against Samsung in concurrent patent assertions in the Eastern District of Texas. These cases involved power distribution, semiconductor manufacturing, WCDMA, LTE, and 802.11 technology and patents. Eric participated in Ericsson’s defensive ITC hearing, and the litigation settled on terms favorable to Ericsson prior to the initial determination.
MOSAID Technologies Inc. Represented MOSAID in a patent infringement lawsuit involving technology relating to 802.11 compliant Wi-Fi devices. Eric helped secure key ruling on motion to compel prior to favorable settlement.
Weatherford International v. Halliburton. Represented Halliburton in a suit in which Weatherford alleged infringement of patents covering method of forming composite parts for use in downhole tools, such as frac plugs, bridge plugs, and packers.
Negotiated Data Solutions Inc. Represented Negotiated Data Solutions in litigation asserting infringement by communications technologies employed by modern computers and wireless devices. Remaining defendants settled following favorable claim construction ruling.
Solid State Storage Solutions Inc. Represented Solid State Storage Solutions in litigation asserting foundational flash memory patents against manufacturers of bleeding edge SSDs. Defendants settled following favorable rulings from the Federal Circuit on Mandamus petitions.
Education
J.D., Northwestern University Law School, 2007
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2010
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, B.S., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas