Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions 2012

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1468

EX PARTE THEODEN TAFOYA, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,711-01
EX PARTE GILBERTO PEREZ, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,747-01
EX PARTE JASON MARK HUTCHINS, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,879-01
EX PARTE JASON MARK HUTCHINS, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,879-02
EX PARTE JASON MARK HUTCHINS, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,879-03
EX PARTE OCTAVIO BONILLA ORTIZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,977-01
EX PARTE DANIEL SCHLEGEL, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,996-01
EX PARTE JOHN ELTON CRAWFORD, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,016-01
EX PARTE PAUL ALLEN, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,104-01
EX PARTE JIMMY DON WILLIAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,192-01
EX PARTE FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZALEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,202-01
EX PARTE FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZALEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,202-02
EX PARTE FELIPE DIAZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,230-01
EX PARTE FELIPE DIAZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,230-02
EX PARTE JEWEL DEJESUS RODRIGUEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,239-01
EX PARTE JEWEL DEJESUS RODRIGUEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,239-02
EX PARTE JEROD YNDALESIO RAMIREZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 12, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,289-01
WILSON EMELSY BROWN, Relator v. KENT COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, Respondent (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-23,125-08
EX PARTE JOHN WAYNE MOORE, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-31,508-03
EX PARTE ROBERT WAYNE HARRIS (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-59,925-02
EX PARTE ELZIE SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-75,575-02
EX PARTE THOMAS REID JONES, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,792-01
EX PARTE THOMAS REID JONES, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,792-02
EX PARTE ANTOINE LAMONT SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,897-01
JORGE A. ZAMORA, Relator v. HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, Respondent (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,067-01
DAVID TREVINO, JR., Relator v. BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, Respondent (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,197-01
HUMBERTO LICEA, Relator v. NUECES COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, Respondent (Other)
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,259-01
EX PARTE PRESTON HUGHES III, Applicant (Concurring)
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,869
EX PARTE PRESTON HUGHES, III (Other)
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,869
KEITHIAN LATODD BROWN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0795-12
STEVEN KENNETH STALEY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,798
EX PARTE MANUEL LOUIS ROBINSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,836
EX PARTE WILLIAM EDWARD MARCHBANKS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,837
EX PARTE RUDY GONZALES, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,838
EX PARTE REYNALDO ROBERTO ESPARZA, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,839
EX PARTE SCOTTY RAY BATES, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,840
EX PARTE ALBERT IBBARRA SALAS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,841
EX PARTE HERMAN GULLATT, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,842
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,843
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,844
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,845
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,846
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,847
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,848
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,849
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,850
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,851
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,852
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,853
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,854
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,855
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,856
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,857
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,858
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,859
EX PARTE JAMES TIMOTHY BONHAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,860
EX PARTE CLAUDE FREDERICK LANE, Applicant (Original)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,861
EX PARTE SCOTTY MURL CASSELMAN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,863
EX PARTE GUADALUPE VASQUEZ, Applicant (Original)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,864
EX PARTE MARIO GUADALUPE GARCIA, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,865
EX PARTE MARCIA GAYLE KELLY, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,866
EX PARTE JOE ANTHONY VALDEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,867
STEVEN KENNETH STALEY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,868
TABORAH MICHELYN MORGAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0089-12
JOHNNY BURLESON SPARKS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0775-12
FERNANDO HERNANDEZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0789-12
FERNANDO HERNANDEZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0790-12
JOSHUA MATTHEW QUIRK, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0846-12
ANGEL RENEE NORRIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0848-12
MELVIN GLEN BENNER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0862-12
GARY LANE MOSELEY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0877-12
QUINCY NEELYS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0894-12
EX PARTE BERNARD MARIO CLARK, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0901-12
EX PARTE MARCELINO JARAMILLO, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-08,109-03
EX PARTE MAURICE GAMBLE, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-16,139-03
EX PARTE DERRICK LEE GRIFFIN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-33,873-03
EX PARTE RANDY DALE BARNETT, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-34,060-04
EX PARTE BRIAN EDWARD DAVIS (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-40,339-05
EX PARTE J.P. WASHINGTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-53,266-06
DONALD GENE BLANTON, Relator v. 86TH DISTRICT COURT, Respondent (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-57,250-06
EX PARTE MARCIAL MATA BOCANEGRA, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-72,130-02
EX PARTE JERRY DWIGHT BLANEY, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-72,873-03
EX PARTE WILLIE JOE MCADAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-73,932-03
EX PARTE BRIEN JAMES DEMIDIO, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-74,003-03
EX PARTE LE JAMES NORMAN (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-74,743-01
EX PARTE LE JAMES NORMAN (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-74,743-02
EX PARTE BRIAN KEITH HORTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,149-01
EX PARTE STACY LYNN SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,181-03
EX PARTE STEVEN DOUGLAS FREEMAN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,363-01
DARRYL B. WELLS, Relator v. 379TH DISTRICT COURT, Respondent (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,433-02
EX PARTE LARRY GLEN BROWN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,672-02
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER DONTE LOUD, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,678-01
EX PARTE RUBEN MAGANA, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,689-01
EX PARTE CARL RICHARD ELMORE, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,783-01
EX PARTE ANTHONY LEE HARDEMAN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,824-01
EX PARTE CAL MAURICE BUTLER, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,838-01
EX PARTE CAL MAURICE BUTLER, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,838-02
EX PARTE JUAN IGNACIO CERDA MIRANDA, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,843-01
EX PARTE REGINALD CLIFTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,849-01
EX PARTE DIAUNTA SHERELL MELVIN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,856-01
EX PARTE DARNELL DARREL KIRKWOOD, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,860-01
EX PARTE DONALD EDWARD BERRY, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,867-01
EX PARTE ANTHONY HOWARD OLSEN, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,902-01
EX PARTE CHAD WAYNE CARRIKER, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,916-01
EX PARTE MICHAEL LYNN HENDERSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,918-01
EX PARTE JAMES TERRY SHELNUTT, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,923-01
EX PARTE JAMES TERRY SHELNUTT, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,923-02
EX PARTE CHANDARA NUON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,973-01
EX PARTE CHANDARA NUON, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,973-02
EX PARTE PRESTON FOSTER PHILLIPS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,974-01
EX PARTE PRESTON FOSTER PHILLIPS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,974-02
EX PARTE DEREK KASHIF PRICE, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,006-01
EX PARTE ANTHONY LEE BLAVIER, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,012-01
EX PARTE JOSE MANUEL OLIVE, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,023-01
EX PARTE JOSHUA COREY LAWRENCE, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,081-01
EX PARTE JAMES HOWARD DAVIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,158-01
EX PARTE ANGEL GALVAN RIVERA (Other)
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,258-01
IN RE THE STATE OF TEXAS, ex rel. JENNIFER A. THARP (Other)
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,248-01
MARVIN LEE WILSON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,835
EX PARTE JOSEPH ROLAND LAVE (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-44,564-03
EX PARTE DAVID LEONARD WOOD (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-45,746-02
EX PARTE MARLIN ENOS NELSON (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-53,148-03
EX PARTE ERIC DEWAYNE CATHEY (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-55,161-02
EX PARTE JOSE NOEY MARTINEZ (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-58,358-02
EX PARTE JOSEPH ANDREW PRYSTASH (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-58,537-02
EX PARTE DAVID SANTIAGO RENTERIA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-65,627-02
EX PARTE ALFRED DEWAYNE BROWN (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-68,876-01
EX PARTE JOE LUNA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-70,511-01
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY YOUNG (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-70,513-01
EX PARTE DEMETRIUS DEWAYNE SMITH (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-70,593-01
EX PARTE JUAN RAUL NAVARRO RAMIREZ (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-71,401-01
EX PARTE WILLIAM MICHAEL MASON (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-73,408-02
EX PARTE DOUGLAS TYRONE ARMSTRONG (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,106-01
EX PARTE KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,107-01
EX PARTE NOAH ESPADA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,108-01
EX PARTE RAY MCARTHUR FREENEY (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,109-01
EX PARTE BARNEY FULLER (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,110-01
EX PARTE JOSEPH GAMBOA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,111-01
EX PARTE HECTOR GARCIA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,112-01
EX PARTE HUMBERTO GARZA (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,113-01
EX PARTE RONALD JAMES HAMILTON (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,114-01
EX PARTE RONNIE HYDE (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,117-01
EX PARTE ELIJAH DWAYNE JOUBERT (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,119-01
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER DEVON JACKSON (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,121-01
EX PARTE CHARLES MAMOU, JR. (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,122-01
EX PARTE RODOLFO ALVAREZ MEDRANO (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,123-01
EX PARTE RICK ALLAN RHOADES (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,124-01
EX PARTE ROSENDO RODRIGUEZ, III (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,127-01
EX PARTE PETE RUSSELL, JR. (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,128-01
EX PARTE WESLEY LYNN RUIZ (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,129-01
EX PARTE TARUS VANDELL SALES (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,131-01
EX PARTE ERICA YVONNE SHEPPARD (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,132-01
EX PARTE ANTHONY ALLEN SHORE (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,133-01
EX PARTE PAUL WAYNE SLATER (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,134-01
EX PARTE CHARLES VICTOR THOMPSON (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,135-01
EX PARTE ANTONIO LEE WILLIAMS (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,136-01
EX PARTE JACK HARRY SMITH (Other)
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: WR-8,315-07
MARCUS DRUERY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,833
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL. MARK SKURKA, Relator (Other)
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,070-01
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL. MARK SKURKA, Relator (Other)
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,070-02
SAMUEL ANGEL VASQUEZ, JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0271-12
DINO C. MEJIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0372-12
DINO C. MEJIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0373-12
DINO C. MEJIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0374-12
DINO C. MEJIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0375-12
DINO C. MEJIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0378-12
DANIEL PAUL BONE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0386-12
DANIEL CORTEZ, JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0525-12
JOSE GUADALUPE TRINIDAD, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0562-12
RICARDO G. RAMIREZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0644-12
MICKEY DALE BURCHFIELD, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0767-12
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL. MARK SKURKA (Other)
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,070-01
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL. MARK SKURKA (Other)
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: WR-78,070-02
EX PARTE WALTER CORTEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,102-01
RICHARD PALM, Relator v. BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, Respondent (Other)
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,874-01
DAVID LEN MOULTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1889-11
JONATHAN MARCUS GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,374
JONATHAN MARCUS GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,374
JONATHAN MARCUS GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,376
Green v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,376

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jonathan Green was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Shortly before the scheduled execution of the sentence on June 30, 2010, he applied for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was…

JONATHAN MARCUS GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,381
JONATHAN MARCUS GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,381
Ex parte JESSE CHADDOCK, Applicant (Concurring)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,547
EX PARTE JESSE CHADDOCK, Applicant (Dissenting)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,547
Ex parte Chaddock (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,547

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Court of Criminal Appeals in this case was a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus brought under Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Applicant Jesse Chaddock…

Ex parte Rogers (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,615

Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Ronald Rogers pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted aggravated sexual assault. Wearing a white mask, he hid in the stall of a women's restroom in an office building and attacked a…

EX PARTE RONALD DAVID ROGERS, Applicant (Original)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,616
EX PARTE DEDRIC LAMAR POLITE, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,824
Ex parte LEE ROBERT CARLE, Applicant (Dissenting)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,825
EX PARTE LEE ROBERT CARLE, Applicant (Original)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,825
EX PARTE LEE ROBERT CARLE, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,825
EX PARTE SCOTT LEE JAMES, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,826
EX PARTE REYMUNDO CASTILLO, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,827
EX PARTE WILLIAM ANTHONY LINDSEY JR. , Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,828
EX PARTE WILLIAM ANTHONY LINDSEY JR. , Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,829
EX PARTE WILLIAM ANTHONY LINDSEY JR. , Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,830
EX PARTE WILLIAM ANTHONY LINDSEY JR. , Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,831
Watson v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0288-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Crystal Michelle Watson and Jack Wayne Smith were charged with the offense of attack by dog resulting in death. The jury found them guilty and sentenced each to seven years' confinement and a $5,000 fine. They…

Hicks v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0495-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Narada Hicks was charged with intentional or knowing aggravated assault after he and Angelo Jackson got into a fight over borrowed shoes that ended with Angelo being shot in the leg. The trial judge instructed…

JIMMY GONZALES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Dissenting)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0683-11
Gonzales v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0683-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Before trial, Appellant Jimmy Gonzales filed a motion to suppress following a traffic stop, asserting that his seizure violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Constitution. An Abilene police…

RICHARD KEITH LAWSON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0701-12
DONALD GENE BLANTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Dissenting)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0767-10
Blanton v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0767-10

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Donald Blanton appealed the nunc pro tunc judgment of the Kaufman County District Court. The Fifth Court of Appeals dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction after concluding that Appellant failed to file a…

Burke v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1398-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant David Burke was a police officer in Jefferson County. He was indicted for the offense of official oppression, a class A misdemeanor, and the judge moved the case to Bexar County sua sponte. A jury convicted…

Hassan v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1682-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Adbihakim Hassan was tried for a misdemeanor traffic offense before a six-person jury. At jury selection, the State and Appellant were each allocated three peremptory strikes. The venire consisted of fourteen…

EX PARTE STEVEN ANTHONY BUTLER, Applicant (concurring)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-41,121-02
EX PARTE STEVEN ANTHONY BUTLER, Applicant (dissenting)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-41,121-02
EX PARTE STEVEN ANTHONY BUTLER (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-41,121-02
EX PARTE HOWARD PAUL GUIDRY (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-47,417-02
EX PARTE HOWARD PAUL GUIDRY (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-47,417-03
EX PARTE RAMIRO F. GONZALES (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-70,969-01
EX PARTE PAMELA DIANN WILBURN, AKA SUSAN BROUSSARD, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-74,685-04
EX PARTE ROBERT WAYNE CRUZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,051-02
EX PARTE DRAKE LAFAYETTE WILLIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,246-02
EX PARTE JEFFREY LYNN WESTPHAL, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,392-02
EX PARTE JOSE ROBERT AVALOS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,426-02
EX PARTE KEITH ALLEN HOOPER, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,730-01
EX PARTE OSCAR GONZALES, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,788-01
EX PARTE PEDRO FRANCO, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,809-01
HENRY WATKINS SKINNER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,675
EX PARTE JAMES CURTIS WILLIAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,820
EX PARTE JEFFERY DALE CHAMBERLAIN, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,821
EX PARTE RAYMOND JACKSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,822
THOMAS PAUL TUCKER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0486-10
Tucker v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0486-10

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Thomas Paul Tucker was charged by information with possession of two ounces or less of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a drug-free zone in violation of Texas Health and Safety Code sections 481.121 and…

JOSEPH DELAFUENTE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0573-12
Ex parte JOSEPH P. DANGELO, Appellant (Concurring)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0769-11
Ex Parte Joseph Dangelo (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0769-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to a plea agreement, Appellant Joseph Dangelo pled guilty to the felony offense of injury to a child. In accordance with a plea agreement and after accepting his plea, the trial court placed Appellant on…

Ex parte JOSEPH P. DANGELO, Appellant (Concurring)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0770-11
Ex Parte JOSEPH P. DANGELO, Appellant (Original)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0770-11
Garrett v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0934-11

Justia Opinion Summary: The Court of Criminal Appeals granted the petitions of Appellants Kimberly Garrett and Sequeasia Turner for discretionary review, and consolidated them in order to determine whether a trial court had the authority to…

JAMMIE LEE MOORE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Dissenting)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0965-11
Moore v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0965-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jamie Moore challenged the court of appeals' decision to affirm the trial court's judgment that included an order cumulating his sentence in this case for possession of methamphetamine with an earlier sentence…

KIMBERLY SHERVON GARRETT, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1117-11
Montgomery v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1169-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jeri Montgomery caused a three-car collision, during which a passenger in one of the other vehicles was killed. The grand jury indicted Appellant for criminally negligent homicide, alleging that she had made an…

EX PARTE BRAD REINKE, Appellant (Original)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1268-11
Ex Parte Mario Castillo v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1427-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Mario Castillo filed his notice of appeal one day late. His notice of appeal and motion for extension of time were picked up by Federal Express after business hours on the last day of filing and delivered to…

Ex parte DUSTIN DOAN, Appellant (Concurring)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1547-10
Ex parte DUSTIN DOAN, Appellant (Dissenting)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1547-10
Ex parte Dustin Doan (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1547-10

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Court in this case was whether the doctrine of res judicata applied to bar a prosecution for a criminal offense in one county after a prosecutor in another county unsuccessfully attempted to revoke…

DEBORAH BOWEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Dissenting)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1607-10
Bowen v. Texas (Original)  
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1607-10

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Deborah Bowen's father died in 2001. Her father's will established a family trust, and Appellant's mother was named as the primary beneficiary. The trust was to terminate at her mother's death, and the trust…

EX PARTE RANDELL JOSEPH REDMOND, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-38,376-08
EX PARTE DAVE LAMON ADAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-69,107-09
EX PARTE JUAN VILLARREAL, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,470-01
EX PARTE DAVID JOHN JOHNSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,550-01
EX PARTE JAIME MUNOZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,703-01
EX PARTE EDWIN WILLIAMS JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,767-02
MANUEL VELEZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,051
EX PARTE ARTHUR LEE WILLIAMS, Applicant (Concurring)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,455
EX PARTE ARTHUR LEE WILLIAMS, Applicant (Dissenting)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,455
Ex parte ARTHUR LEE WILLIAMS, Applicant (Original)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,455
EX PARTE JESUS DE LEON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,763
EX PARTE JESUS DE LEON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,764
EX PARTE CHARLES LEE FAULK, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,814
EX PARTE THOMAS CLEVELAND SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,815
EX PARTE OMAR MILES WHITE, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,816
EX PARTE DARRON T. MOORE, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,817
EX PARTE GUY STEPHEN ALEXANDER (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,818
JOHN PHILLIP BENDER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0160-12
EX PARTE CHARLES LAYMAN COX, Appellant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0367-12
KELLY PATRICK AMOS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0624-12
EX PARTE JAMES CURTIS WILLIAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-14,740-04
EX PARTE LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-21,005-02
EX PARTE MARK ALAN JOHNSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-30,534-03
EX PARTE RAYMOND JACKSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-4,163-27
EX PARTE DARRELL WAYNE PHILLIPS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-45,865-05
EX PARTE WILLIAM LEN RAINEY, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-68,056-04
EX PARTE ELECEO GUADALUPE LUNA, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,588-01
EX PARTE LAWRENCE ELBERT EDLER, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,626-01
EX PARTE ISAL BEHIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,642-01
EX PARTE ISAL BEHIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,642-02
EX PARTE JULIO CESAR RUIZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,680-01
EX PARTE JOSE JESUS SANCHEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,682-01
EX PARTE CONNER LYNNE TROUTT, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,811
EX PARTE BRANDON PAUL VILLAREAL, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,812
EX PARTE PEDRO YEBRA, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,813
AARON SOMERS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0056-11
AARON SOMERS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Dissenting)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0056-11
Sommers v. State (Original)  
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0056-11

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved the admissibility of scientific evidence under Texas Rule of Evidence 702 and Kelly v. State. At issue was whether the court of appeals erred in holding that EMIT drug test results were not reliable…

TREVOR ALLEN SARTOR, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0122-12
DOMINICK LOWE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0227-12
Louis v. State (Original)  
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0323-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of capital murder for the death of his girlfriend's two-year-old son. The court of appeals determined that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that defendant intentionally or knowingly…

RICHARD W. JONES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0405-12
Brewer v. State (Original)  
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1502-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of driving while intoxicated and the court of appeals reversed the conviction, remanding for a new trial. The state petitioned for discretionary review on two grounds: Did defendant preserve his…

Garcia v. State (Original)  
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1516-11

Justia Opinion Summary: The state petitioned for discretionary review challenging the court of appeals' judgment acquitting defendant for her conviction for endangering a child on the basis of insufficient evidence. The court concluded that the…

EX PARTE SHAWN DONELL JONES, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-66,095-03
EX PARTE BENJAMIN ALAN MORRISON, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,035-02
EX PARTE ADAM BRANDON CREWS, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,141-01
EX PARTE ANCELVO GILAELAMADRID-HOCK, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,014-01
EX PARTE MARTINIANO R. FLORES, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,503-01
EX PARTE RUDY GONZALES, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,617-01
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER CARTER, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,647-01
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER CARTER, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,647-02
EX PARTE LUIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,658-01
Milam v. State (Original)  
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,379

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of the capital murder of the thirteen-month-old daughter of his girlfriend. On direct appeal, the court reviewed defendant's 20 points of error and found them to be without merit, affirming the…

Ex parte ADRIAN CHAVEZ, Applicant (Concurring)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,665
Ex parte ADRIAN CHAVEZ, Applicant (Dissenting)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,665
Ex Parte Chavez (Original)  
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,665

Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant sought relief from his 55-year sentence for aggravated robbery and this was applicant's first subsequent application for a writ of habeas corpus. Applicant claimed that a new legal basis that was previously…

EX PARTE CARLOS ALEJANDRO VILLEGAS Applicant (Original)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,729
EX PARTE WILLIAM THOMAS WATTS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,803
EX PARTE SHAKARA ROBERTSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,804
EX PARTE DARRYL WASHINGTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,805
EX PARTE JASON CORNELIUS CONNALLY, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,807
EX PARTE JAMES BELL IV, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,808
EX PARTE MICHAEL DEE HOWARD, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,809
State v. Bell (Original)  
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Numbers: PD-0025-12, PD-0026-12

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, the property manager of the Galleria Shopping Mall in Houston, was charged with unauthorized discharge of industrial waste after a pressure-washing contractor allegedly discharged contaminated water while…

THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MARK STEVEN BELL, Appellee (Original)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0026-12
LANNY DEAN CAMPBELL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0145-12
THE STATE OF TEXAS v. ALVARO MAZUCA, Appellant (Dissenting)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1035-11
State v. Mazuca (Original)  
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1035-11

Justia Opinion Summary: In this felony prosecution for possession of ecstasy, the State appealed from the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence that defendant contended was obtained as a result of an illegal traffic…

EX PARTE WILLIAM KEEN PERRY, Applicant (dissenting)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-57,394-02
EX PARTE WILLIAM KEEN PERRY, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-57,394-02
EX PARTE WALTER TRUETT MALONE, AKA WALTER MALONE, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-72,774-03
EX PARTE RICKY LYNN MARSH, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,371-01
EX PARTE RICKY LYNN MARSH, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,371-02
EX PARTE THOMAS EDISON GARDINER, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,492-01
EX PARTE JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,528-02
EX PARTE ERNESTO CABRERA, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,605-01
EX PARTE MICHAEL WAYNE GAITHER, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,633-01
DAVID LEN MOULTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1889-11
Ex parte WILLIAM ELMER HASTINGS, Applicant (Original)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,749
Ex parte WILLIAM ELMER HASTINGS, Applicant (Original)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,750
EX PARTE MELVIN GLEN BENNER, Applicant (Original)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,799
EX PARTE ALBERTO GIRON PEREZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,800
EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES DENTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,801
EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES DENTON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,802
TRAVIS L. FLANAGAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0035-12
SAMUEL CASTILLO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0045-12
JULIO CESAR HARO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0054-12
JULIO CESAR HARO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0055-12
FERRELL DAMON SCOTT, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0183-12
MAURICE CORNELL TABB, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0281-12
Scales v. State (Original)  
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0442-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court abused its discretion in removing a juror and that defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel…

Sanchez v. State (Original)  
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0961-07

Justia Opinion Summary: On the court's own motion, the court issued this opinion in the place of the court's October 6, 2010 opinion. This opinion addressed the State's petition for discretionary review challenging the decision by the court of…

JOSEPH MICHAEL ANDERSON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1067-11
Sanchez v. State (Original)  
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1264-11

Justia Opinion Summary: The state sought reversal of the judgment of the court of appeals, which held that a blood-draw search warrant to be executed in a designated county could not be issued by a statutory county court judge of another…

EX PARTE ACE ALLEN KRETZER, JR., Applicant (Original)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1279-11
Martinez v. State (Original)  
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1338-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus following the trial court's imposition of deferred-adjudication community supervision, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to properly advise…

MICHAEL ANTHONY ALMENDAREZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1919-11
EX PARTE VANCE E. JOHNSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-73,432-06
EX PARTE STEVEN MICHAEL BACKSTROM, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,283-04
EX PARTE DONALD GENE FULLER, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,994-02
EX PARTE SERENA STAGLIN, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,485-01
EX PARTE CRIS EUGENE JONES, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,592-01
EX PARTE JEFFREY O'NEAL DODSON, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,593-01
EX PARTE STEVEN KENNETH STALEY (Other)
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: WR-37,034-05
EX PARTE GERALD LEE McMORRIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,790
EX PARTE ANTJUAN MARINO McGHEE, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,791
EX PARTE SERENA ROJAS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,794
EX PARTE KHAYREE DEWAYNE DAVIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,795
EX PARTE TREY JAMES WAKEFIELD, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,796
EX PARTE RICKEY DALE WYATT, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,797
Clark, III v. State (Original)  
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0218-10

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted defendant of capital murder and sentenced him to life in prison with no possibility of parole. On appeal, defendant claimed he was denied due process at his trial. At issue was whether defendant's…

Nieto v. State (Original)  
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0230-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the trial court's denial of his Batson motion, which he filed after all of the black venire members in the strike zone were struck by the State. The First Court of Appeals held that the trial court…

State v. Mendoza (Original)  
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1000-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for driving while intoxicated and the trial judge subsequently granted her motion to suppress, concluding that the officer lacked reasonable suspicion to make his traffic stop. The state appealed…

DONALD ADAMS LOTHROP, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1489-11
Lothrop v. State (Original)  
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1489-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Prior to his trial, defendant moved to suppress all evidence obtained as a result of the traffic stop on the basis that the officer's traffic stop was improper…

EX PARTE FELIPE DELEON, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-41,086-06
EX PARTE RICKEY DEWAYNE WEBBER, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-62,418-02
EX PARTE WAYNE SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-62,807-03
EX PARTE DAVID T. MCGARY, AKA DAVID SANDERS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-72,110-03
EX PARTE ADRIAN ESTRADA (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-73,014-01
EX PARTE RENE ORTIZ SOTO, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,730-01
EX PARTE KEVIN RYAN BARRETT, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,380-01
EX PARTE CHARLES WILLIAMS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,382-02
EX PARTE HIPOLITO GONZALES, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,512-01
ANTHONY BARTEE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,783
EX PARTE BRADLEY DALE MOGFORD, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,784
EX PARTE JESUS JAIME JIMENEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,785
EX PARTE HUGO ISRAEL MARTINEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,786
EX PARTE BRANDON CORONADO, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,787
ANTHONY BARTEE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,788
RICHARD NIETO TREVINO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1304-11
THE STATE OF TEXAS v. SOUTCHAY SANAVONGXAY, Appellee (Dissenting)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: PD-1809-10
EX PARTE IVORY RAY MITCHELL, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-13,548-06
EX PARTE ROJELIO FLORES ROMERO, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-34,286-05
EX PARTE JESSE DAVID SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-35,972-08
EX PARTE JESSE DAVID SMITH, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-35,972-09
EX PARTE RICHARD TAYLOR, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-61,434-11
EX PARTE RAFAEL ANDREAS CAHVARRIAGA, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-61,456-03
EX PARTE GREGORY BANNISTER, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-70,854-03
EX PARTE JESUS JAIME JIMENEZ, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,229-01
EX PARTE DAVID MICHAEL GIDDENS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-76,917-01
EX PARTE ALLEN RAY SHIPP, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,301-01
EX PARTE ALLEN RAY SHIPP, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,301-02
EX PARTE ALLEN RAY SHIPP, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,301-03
EX PARTE BRIAN LEROY GEORGE, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,307-01
EX PARTE ANDREW KELLY ARGENT, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,388-01
EX PARTE ANDREW KELLY ARGENT, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,388-02
EX PARTE MICHAEL TIMOTHY MCGOLDRICK, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,423-01
EX PARTE ROBERT CARL PUTNAM, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,430-01
EX PARTE JAMES RANDALL DOWNS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,468-01
EX PARTE EMANUEL LEE FARRIS, Applicant (Other)
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: WR-77,507-01
CHRISTIAN OLSEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Concurring)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,175
Olsen v. State (Original)  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,175

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal, the court considered issues related to the murder instruction; expert testimony; the punishment charge; future dangerousness; pre-trial…

TRAVIS JAMES MULLIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,525
Ex Parte Jimenez (Original)  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,669

Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant was convicted of felony murder and injury to a child where the child chocked on a wad of paper towels while applicant was babysitting him. Applicant subsequently filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus…

Ex Parte Sosa (Original)  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,674

Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Applicant filed this habeas corpus application in 2006, alleging actual innocence and mental retardation. After the judge of the convicting court heard…

Ex Parte Carner (Original)  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,775

Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant was convicted of evading arrest and was found guilty of a state-jail felony that was enhanced to a second-degree felony. Applicant argued that his state-jail conviction was void because the offense alleged was…

EX PARTE ROBERT ALLEN COOPER, Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,776
EX PARTE RICHARD RAY MILES, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,777
EX PARTE ANAIS ESPINOSA, Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,778
EX PARTE JAMES ALLEN PELLOAT, Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,779
EX PARTE DAVID CARBAJAL, Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,780
EX PARTE JERALD THOMPSON BEAVER, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,781
EX PARTE JERALD THOMPSON BEAVER, JR., Applicant (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: AP-76,782
ANGEL GARCIA SOTO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0082-12
ANGEL GARCIA SOTO, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0083-12
RODERICK PARKER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0098-12
OREN JAMES JONES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0140-12
TRACE BRITTON ADAMS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0146-12
MELVIN SCOTT HORTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0253-12
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0254-12
STELLA MARIE DEBLANC, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0309-12
DIANA SUE WALL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0385-12
MILLARD EARL VENCILL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Other)
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0389-12
West v. State (Original)  
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: PD-0473-11

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of ten counts of possession of child pornography. The ten counts were for ten images of unknown children discovered in the "free space" of defendant's computer. In this petition for discretionary…

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