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John Richard Rolater Jr.
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Biography
John Rolater has been an Assistant Criminal District Attorney for Collin County and Chief of the Appellate Division for eight years. Previously, he was an Assistant Criminal District Attorney for Dallas County for eleven years, including three years as Deputy Chief of the Appellate Division. In 2003, the Greater Dallas Crime Commission recognized him as the Henry Wade Prosecutor of the Year.
John has been involved in the post-conviction litigation of several high-profile capital cases. He has led reinvestigations and represented the State in litigation related to exonerations. He has been a legislative liaison for both the Collin and Dallas County Criminal District Attorneys.
John earned his BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from the Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, where he served as an editor of the Law Review and was selected as a member of the Order of the Coif. Following law school, John clerked for the Honorable Paul McCollum and the Honorable Anne Crawford McClure of the El Paso Court of Appeals.
John is an active member of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. He has taught continuing legal education courses for TDCAA, the State Bar of Texas, the Center for American and International Law, the Texas Center for the Judiciary and UT-CLE. He co-authored a book on confession law, now in its third edition. He is Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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Licensed in Texas for 31 years
State: Texas
Acquired: 1994
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Location
Collin County Criminal District Attorney
2100 Bloomdale Rd Ste 200, Mckinney, TX, 75071-8318
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Experience
Honors
2015
Lone Star Prosecutor, Texas District & County Attorneys Association
2003
Henry Wade Prosecutor of the Year, Greater Dallas Crime Commission
Work Experience
2007 - Present
Assistant District Attorney, Collin County Criminal District Attorney's Office
1995 - 2006
Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office
1994 - 1995
Briefing Attorney, Eighth District Court of Appeals of Texas
Associations
1995 - Present
Texas District and County Attorneys Association
Sample of Legal Cases
Routier v. State, 112 S.W.3d 554 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003)
affirmed on appeal
Wilson v. State, 185 S.W.3d 481 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)
Affirmed on appeal
State ex rel. Hill v. Fifth Court of Appeals, 67 S.W.3d 177 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001)
Lower court reversed
Ex parte Fujisaka, 05-15-00355-CR, 2015 WL 4749177 (Tex. App.--Dallas Aug. 12, 2015)
Affirmed on appeal
Education
1994
Texas Tech University School of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Speaking Engagements
2015
Capital and Non-Capital Training for Prosecutors
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
2015
Advanced Criminal Law Course 2015
The Law of Experts
2015
2015 Investigation and Prosecution of Homicide Cases
The Appellate Lawyers Dos and Don'ts in Homicide Cases
2015
2015 Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence
Crawford Issues in Domestic Violence
Publications
2010
TDCAA 2010
Confessions