Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions 2014
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Date: December 17, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,923
Date: December 17, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,923
Date: December 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-78,242-02
Date: December 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,940-01
Date: December 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,030-01
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0051-14
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Henry Taylor, Jr. was convicted of theft following a contract dispute he had over the installation of some commercial signs. Jeff Reich owned a construction company in Longview, and he also owned certain…
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0051-14
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0253-14
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was indicted for five counts of aggravated assault and one count of capital murder. The first five counts of the indictment alleged aggravated assaults of five patients of a dialysis clinic who suffered adverse…
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1215-13
Justia Opinion Summary: The Court of Criminal Appeals granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in this case to address several questions related to the appellate review of a juvenile court’s waiver of its otherwise exclusive…
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1215-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1545-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant of felony driving while intoxicated (DWI), found that appellant did “use or exhibit a deadly weapon, to wit: a motor vehicle during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight…
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1699-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Appellant of capital murder and sentenced her to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Her conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. The Court of Criminal Appeals granted review to…
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,070-01
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,070-01
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,410-01
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,433-01
Date: December 10, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,434-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: AP-77,048
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0149-14
Justia Opinion Summary: In this petition, appellant Michael Dansby challenged the court of appeals’s determination on remand that error was not preserved with respect to his complaint regarding his conditions of community supervision, which led…
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0149-14
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0306-14
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Court of Criminal Appeals' review came as an interlocutory appeal by the State. The trial court granted appellee David Villarreal's motion to suppress blood evidence after his arrest…
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0306-14
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0306-14
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1372-13
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1372-13
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1373-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant John Shelby was driving his truck while carrying two passengers, his then boyfriend Frank Lopez, and another passenger, Raymundo Hernandez. According to Hernandez, a fight began inside the vehicle, during which…
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Neal Robbins was convicted in 1999 of the capital murder of his girlfriend’s seventeen-month-old daughter. The State did not seek the death penalty, and upon conviction applicant was sentenced to life in…
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,484-02
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,163-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,532-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,532-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,532-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,853-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,268-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,279-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,291-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,324-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,382-01
Date: November 26, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,413-01
Date: November 25, 2014
Docket Number: AP-77,049
Date: November 25, 2014
Docket Number: AP-77,049
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,819
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1099-13
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1099-13
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1099-13
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Court of Criminal Appeals' review centered on who bears the burden of showing that the trial judge erred in cumulating indecency-with-a-child sentences when some sexual abuse took…
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1115-14
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1375-14
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1768-13
Justia Opinion Summary: While out walking their dogs, ten-year-old Maka and a puppy, a neighbor's pit bull got loose and charged appellant and his wife. Frightened for the dogs, appellant's wife grabbed the puppy and ran for safety. Maka was…
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1768-13
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-67,880-03
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-67,880-03
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-67,880-04
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-67,880-04
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-73,420-07
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-74,376-02
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-74,376-03
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-74,973-01
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Billy Ray Bryant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Applicant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. Janie Mussett (Janie),…
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-74,973-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-77,940-02
Justia Opinion Summary: Tomas Gallo sought habeas relief to challenge the death sentence he received when a jury convicted him of capital murder in 2007. Specifically, Gallo argued that the jury's answer to the special issue submitted during…
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-78,402-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,801-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,718-02
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,842-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,308-04
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,308-05
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,308-06
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,953-05
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,047-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,122-02
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,306-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,307-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,314-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,334-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,352-01
Date: November 19, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,354-01
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-55,161-02
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-55,161-02
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Eric Cathey was convicted of capital murder in 1997 for the kidnapping and shooting death of Cristina Castillo. Applicant received a death sentence. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction and…
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-68,876-01
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-76,635-03
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Jecia Moss pled guilty to aggravated assault and was placed on deferred-adjudication community supervision for five years on October 4, 2000. Her community supervision was subsequently revoked, and she was…
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,516-01
Date: November 5, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,203-01
Date: October 29, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,221-01
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: AP-77,037
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1712-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found appellant Donald Aekins guilty of three counts of sexual assault. The court of appeals held that his convictions for both contacting and penetrating the adult victim’s sexual organ with his mouth violated…
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1712-13
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1712-13
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1802-13
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1802-13
Date: October 22, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,148-02
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0135-13
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0135-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant David Samaripas, Jr. of engaging in organized criminal activity and sentenced him, as a habitual criminal, to 53 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional Institutions…
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0590-13
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0590-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee, Kimberly Story, was charged with forgery after police found forged checks in her car. The trial court, however, granted her motion to suppress the checks that were recovered from her vehicle, which was searched…
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1057-13
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1057-13
Justia Opinion Summary: After Michael Grado pleaded guilty to possession of 400 grams or more of amphetamine, he was sentenced him to ten years’ confinement. The punishment was suspended and Grado received community supervision for a ten-year…
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1440-13
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1440-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Farrain Comeaux was charged with burglary of a habitation in an indictment that included eight enhancement paragraphs. During voir dire, potential juror number 23 (PJ 23) expressed some concern about his…
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1563-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property in excess of $200,000, sentenced to 14 years’ confinement, and given a $10,000 fine. The trial court orally pronounced at the end of the sentencing hearing…
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1592-13
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,325-01
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,325-01
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,623-01
Date: October 15, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,152-01
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,800
Justia Opinion Summary: In his post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus, applicant Alberto Perez argued he received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and sought permission to file an out-of-time petition for…
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,800
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0067-14
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0067-14
Justia Opinion Summary: In two consolidated cases, the trial judge granted the defendants’ motions to suppress evidence. The State appealed each case, but the court of appeals dismissed the appeals, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction…
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0127-14
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1427-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Vanessa Cameron was convicted of murder and sentenced to 70 years plus a $5,000 fine. On appeal of that sentence, she argued her constitutional right to a public trial was violated when the trial court excluded…
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1427-13
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1627-13
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: WR-25,679-15
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,901-02
Date: October 8, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,114-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0925-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Having concluded that a Fourth Amendment violation occurred, the Court of Appeals held that the trial court should have granted the appellant’s motion to suppress. The State argued on appeal of that suppression order…
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1026-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Numbers: PD-1026-13, PD-1027-13
Justia Opinion Summary: During two vehicle burglaries, a number of items were stolen. Appellant was charged with and convicted of misdemeanor theft for stealing some items during two vehicle burglaries. The trial judge placed her on probation…
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1026-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1027-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1027-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1027-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1034-13
Justia Opinion Summary: After Appellant’s pretrial motion to suppress was denied, he pled nolo contendere pursuant to a plea bargain. The written plea agreement, signed by all parties, included awaiver of appeal, and Appellant asserted that he…
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1034-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1465-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1465-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Thomas Delay was convicted of: (1) money laundering (a first-degree felony at the time), and (2) conspiracy to commit money laundering (then a second degree felony). At the time he allegedly committed these…
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1465-13
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,302-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,465-01
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Al Smith waited for ten years to claim in his request for habeas relief that his rights to direct appeal and effective assistance of counsel were denied. Although the State did not plead laches in its answer,…
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,465-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,751-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,778-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,778-02
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,778-03
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,314-01
Date: October 1, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,074-01
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0153-14
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Laura Carsner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Appellant shot her mother and stepfather after a family dispute concerning visitation with…
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0669-14
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1326-13
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1326-13
Justia Opinion Summary: The Court of Appeals granted the State Prosecuting Attorney’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals erred when it held that there was insufficient evidence to sustain Appellant…
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-42,963-02
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,521-01
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,361-02
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,439-02
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,035-01
Date: September 24, 2014
Docket Number: WR-82,037-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0378-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0378-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Roman Ramirez-Memije was charged with fraudulent possession of identifying information under Texas Penal Code Section 32.51(b). A jury found him guilty and sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment. He…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0452-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0452-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Stephanie Bekendam was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. She appealed, arguing the trial court erred in admitting the expert testimony…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0737-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jose Angel Bedolla was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury. The jury sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for the…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0755-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0755-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0755-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Elisa Wilson was convicted of telephone-harassment conviction. On appeal, she claimed that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that she made repeated telephone communications in a manner reasonably likely…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0873-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1198-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1198-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1198-13
Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity on the advice of his retained trial counsel, appellant filed a motion for new trial alleging a conflict of interest on counsel’s part. At the trial court’s…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1323-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, owner of a condominium unit, carried a handgun in the common area of the condominium complex. The issue before the Court of Criminal Appeal in this matter centered on whether appellant violated the “unlawful…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1354-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1354-13
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1371-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was charged with twenty-six counts of improper photography or visual recording. Each count of the indictment alleged appellant, “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of THE DEFENDANT, did by…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-13,685-05
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-13,685-06
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-13,685-07
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-60,687-08
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-75,804-02
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-75,804-02
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-75,804-02
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Applicant of capital murder for the death of a four-year-old child she and her husband were in the process of adopting. The trial court sentenced her to life imprisonment without parole. Her conviction…
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,864-02
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,938-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,938-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,036-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,067-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,086-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,086-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,358-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,530-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,540-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,598-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,823-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,823-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,829-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,896-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,937-01
Date: September 17, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,943-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0249-14
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-78,190-02
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,273-02
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,361-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,545-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,625-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,625-02
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,721-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,758-01
Date: August 20, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,831-01
Date: August 6, 2014
Docket Number: WR-59,591-03
Date: August 6, 2014
Docket Number: WR-59,591-04
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1049-13
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-51,210-08
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-58,749-03
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,283-02
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,549-01
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,559-01
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,639-01
Date: July 23, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,656-01
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0003-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Bobby Canida was convicted by a jury of manufacturing methamphetamine in an amount of more than one gram but less than four grams. He was sentenced by the court to eighty years' imprisonment after pleading true…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0259-13
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0259-13
Justia Opinion Summary: In his petition for discretionary review, appellant Atha Dobbs challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction for resisting arrest with a deadly weapon after he was convicted by a jury. During an…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0702-13
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0702-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to fifty years' incarceration. Because he was indigent, the trial court appointed a lawyer to represent him on appeal. The appellant's…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1313-13
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1313-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Lionel Gonzales was indicted on March 17, 2004 for injury to a child and indecency with a child. An arrest warrant was issued following the indictment. The alleged incident from which the charges stemmed was…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1322-13
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1322-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jerry Paul Lundgren was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He pled guilty pursuant to a plea-bargain agreement, waived his right to appeal, and was placed on community supervision. About a week later,…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1460-13
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1460-13
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the issue this case presented to the Court of Criminal Appeals was whether the statute defining the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a young child permitted a defendant be convicted both of that…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1643-12
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1643-12
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1643-12
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Richard Rabb was convicted of tampering with physical evidence under Section 37.09(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code and sentenced to six years of confinement. The Seventh Court of Appeals reversed the trial…
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,801-01
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,703
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,768
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was convicted in 2012 of capital murder, specifically the intentional murder of Nancy Weatherly in the course of committing or attempting to commit burglary or robbery. Based upon the jury's answers to special…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0318-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant Juan Guerra of the offense of unlawful use of a criminal instrument with the intent to commit the offense of aggravated kidnapping or aggravated sexual assault and assessed punishment of twenty…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0473-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. At trial, appellant sought to cross-examine two State's witnesses for bias by informing the jury…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0937-13
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1189-13
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1189-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Nilda Rodriguez was charged with felony murder for the death of her two-month-old son. She was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Appellant appealed, initially challenging the validity of the…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1250-12
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1250-12
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1250-12
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Mark Fleming was charged with four counts of aggravated sexual assault. He filed a motion to quash the indictment on the basis that the aggravated sexual assault statute was unconstitutional for failing to…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1415-13
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1416-13
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1723-12
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,286-01
Justia Opinion Summary: Although applicant Frank Navarijo provided some new evidence in support of his claim that he was actually innocent of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child, the Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that he…
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,500-01
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0298-14
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0646-13
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1341-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Cornelious Matthews was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine. He filed a pre-trial motion to suppress the crack cocaine that officers found during a warrantless search of a van that appellant…
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1596-12
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1596-12
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1596-12
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2011, a jury convicted appellant James Garza of capital murder for his involvement in the stabbing death of the complainant for the purpose of stealing the complainant's car. The State waived the death…
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: WR-31,852-03
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number: WR-76,050-01
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0152-14
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0183-14
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0198-14
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0435-14
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1158-13
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented to the Court of Criminal Appeals was whether an amendment to the evading-arrest statute in the Texas Penal Code was enacted in violation of the "single-subject rule" of the Texas…
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,318-02
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Leroy Coty was charged with possession with intent to distribute at least 400 grams of a controlled substance. After the malfeasance of a laboratory technician that worked on his case was discovered, Applicant…
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,644-01
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number: WR-81,319-01
Date: May 21, 2014
Docket Number: AP-76,810
Date: May 21, 2014
Docket Number: WR-63,905-13
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1022-12
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1022-12
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1022-12
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1380-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Ramon Perez was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by contact. He was sentenced to life in prison for each of the three aggravated counts…
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,196-01
Date: May 14, 2014
Docket Number: WR-79,196-01
Justia Opinion Summary: Applicant Robert Harleston, Jr., was serving a twenty-five-year sentence for the aggravated sexual assault of a child. In his application for a writ of habeas corpus, Applicant claimed that he was actually innocent based…
Date: May 8, 2014
Docket Number: WR-44,551-05
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: AP-77,035
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0091-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0271-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0355-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0359-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0360-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0371-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0372-14
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0514-13
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0514-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation. The trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed her on community supervision for a period of five years. The trial court twice extended her term of community…
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0865-13
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0865-13
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0879-13
Date: May 7, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1211-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, convicted of money laundering after officers found half a million dollars in cash hidden inside the speaker box of his tractor-trailer, argued on appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals that the evidence was…
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0125-14
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0273-14
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0305-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant of driving while intoxicated. The trial judge denied his motion for new trial, which alleged that outside influences were improperly brought to bear on the jury foreman. The court of appeals…
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0519-13
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery and assessed his punishment, enhanced with one prior felony conviction, at seventy-five years' imprisonment. On appeal, appellant argued that the prosecutor willfully…
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0833-13
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0999-13
Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated cases, the issue before the Court of Criminal Appeals centered on an interpretation of the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Miller v. Alabama, which held that the Eighth Amendment to the…
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1265-13
Justia Opinion Summary: The parties agreed that appellant's first name was Peter. At issue in this case were three exhibits that purported to be documentary evidence of prior convictions of a Peter Bruton from the United Kingdom. State's…
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: WR-64,302-02
Date: April 30, 2014
Docket Number: WR-80,713-01
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0070-14
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0101-14
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0121-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Vernon Moses was shot and killed in an apartment complex in Houston. Multiple witnesses gave statements to police; some of the witnesses testified at trial. Among those who testified was appellee Jeremy Thomas'…
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0370-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0377-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0377-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0380-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0381-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0385-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0386-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0387-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0419-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0482-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0489-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0705-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0717-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0773-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-0854-13
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Brian Campbell was charged with arson and criminal mischief with pecuniary loss in excess of $200,000 for burning down an Arby's restaurant. Appellant was convicted of both offenses and sentenced to ten years'…
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1001-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1055-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1078-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1309-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1346-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1368-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1459-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1625-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1631-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1656-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1691-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1708-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1709-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1710-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1752-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1753-13
Date: April 16, 2014
Docket Number: PD-1756-13
Date: April 14, 2014
Docket Number: WR-62,023-02
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