This document summarizes the winners of the Twitter Brief Competition. It lists the honorable mentions and winners in different categories of Twitter briefs, including best haiku briefs, most direct brief, and brief most likely to inspire sympathy. The grand prize winner suggested the judge jailed their lawyer and denied their recusal motion, requiring a writ of mandamus before their upcoming trial.

1. Twitter Brief CompetitionWinners

2. HONORABLE MENTIONS: BEST HAIKU TWITTER BRIEFSAppellee tried thisOnce before, and did not win:Res judicata.The day after theSecond anniversaryWas a day too late.John Tollefson, Tollefson, Bradley, Ball & Mitchell, DallasDavid Wells, Law Offices of David C. Wells, Austin

3. HONORABLE MENTIONS: BEST TWITTER BRIEF NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDD guilty 4d187. Claims 1)IE & 2)IAC. SoRs=HCJC/Cada & Strickland. 1) Vid+DNA+3 I-Ws = suff.; 2)w/5 priors, 75 2do<lif. ØIAC/ØIE. G.O. Aff!Andy Porter, Assistant DA, Tarrant County

4. HONORABLE MENTIONS: MOST DIRECTI’m right. They’re wrong. All authority supports my case. Look it up.Tanya Garrison, Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, P.C., Houston

5. HONORABLE MENTIONS: BEST OUT-OF-STATE ENTRY3 dead. Jury convicted. 1 issue. Suff evid: def on vidtape hlding gun & stnding ovr vics; pwdr on hand; DNA on gun; confession. Must affirm. Christopher Wren, Assistant AG, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI

6. HONORABLE MENTIONS: MOTION MOST LIKELY TO INSPIRE SYMPATHYSmall firm w/heavy load. Been on needed vacation. Need more time & more $. Pls grant xtension 4 brief, or might have 2 w/draw. /s/ [efiled]Todd Smith, Smith Law Group, Austin

7. SECOND RUNNER-UP@COA. P 1 b/c TC let expert testify. IDKY. No degree. No tests. No peers. No clue. IOW unreliable guess by unqualified dolt. Pls render. D.Karen Precella, Haynes and Boone LLP, Fort Worth

8. FIRST RUNNER-UPSCoTex: Jury charge WAY too broad. Couldn't tell if tort finding was based on bad stuff A, B or C. Granulation Nation! Remand please.Heidi Bloch, Brown McCarroll, LLP, Austin

9. GRAND PRIZEAppeal can’t fix judge’s 1) jail'g my lawyer 4 spurning her love & 2) den'g my recusal motion. Mdamus needed b4 trial 2morrow. R'fully, ProSeJustice Mary Murphy, Fifth District Court of Appeals, Dallas