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WOOD V. STATE OF TEXAS (original by presiding judge keller)  
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: AP-77,107

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1987, six young women and girls disappeared in El Paso, Texas, and were later found buried in shallow graves. In 1992, David Leonard Wood was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for these crimes. Since…

HUGHES V. STATE OF TEXAS (original by judge walker)  
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0164-22

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Darren Tramell Hughes, who was on deferred adjudication community supervision. The State filed a motion to adjudicate guilt, alleging that Hughes had violated the terms of his supervision by committing…

HUGHES, DARREN TRAMELL Appeal from 179th District Court of Harris County (dissenting by presiding judge keller)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0164-22
HUGHES, DARREN TRAMELL Appeal from 179th District Court of Harris County (dissenting by judge yeary)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0164-22
BALTIMORE, IJAH IWASEY Appeal from 54th District Court of McLennan County (dissenting by judge yeary)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0436-22
BALTIMORE v. STATE OF TEXAS (original by judge newell)  
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0436-22

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around an incident where the appellant, after spending time at a bar called the Crying Shame, retrieved his registered handgun from his motorcycle's saddlebag and placed it in his waistband. As he was…

BALTIMORE, IJAH IWASEY Appeal from 54th District Court of McLennan County (dissenting by judge keel)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: PD-0436-22
MARTIN, GARLAND LEON AKA BUTCH MARTIN Appeal from 142nd District Court of Midland County (dissenting by judge yeary)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-93,211-01
MARTIN, GARLAND LEON AKA BUTCH MARTIN Appeal from 142nd District Court of Midland County (original per curiam)
Date: May 22, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-93,211-01
SPENCER, BENJAMIN JOHN Appeal from 283rd District Court of Dallas County (original per curiam)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-69,994-02
SPENCER, BENJAMIN JOHN Appeal from 283rd District Court of Dallas County (dissenting by judge yeary)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-69,994-02
WHITE, VICTOR Appeal from 358th District Court of Ector County (original per curiam)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-84,934-07
WHITE, VICTOR Appeal from 358th District Court of Ector County (dissenting by presiding judge keller)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-84,934-07
HAMPTON, DAVID Appeal from 137th District Court of Lubbock County (original per curiam)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-95,500-01
HAMPTON, DAVID Appeal from 137th District Court of Lubbock County (concurring by judge slaughter)
Date: May 15, 2024
 Docket Number: WR-95,500-01
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