Ernie_Ernst
Ernie Ernst
American judge
Erwin "Ernie" Goree Ernst (July 27, 1924 – July 24, 2013)[1] was an American assistant district attorney, and district judge for Walker County, Texas. During a legal career spanning six decades, Ernst presided over several notable criminal cases, including the 1971 murder trial of John Hill, a Houston-based cosmetic surgeon who was accused of killing his wife.