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| CCA Case No. | Defendant's Name | Case Citation |
(Who's PDR Granted?)(Date Granted)(County) Issue(s) Granted |
| PD-1816-07 | Abbott, Johnny Ray | Vol. 16, No. 1 01/14/08 Citation Unavailable CA No. 10-07-0295-CR |
State's 03/12/08 Ellis / Time Credit Issue 1. DID THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS HAVE JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER AN APPEAL FROM THE ORDER DENYING TIME CREDIT? 2. DID THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DETERMINING THAT THE TRIAL COURT WAS WITHOUT DISCRETION TO DENY CREDIT FOR THE TIME SERVED ON THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE TOWARD THE DAYS ORDERED AS A CONDITION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AFTER RETRIAL? |
| PD-07-0468 | Allen, Kimberly | Vol. 15, No. 2 01/22/07 Citation Unavailable (No. 01-04-0235-CR) |
State's 10/10/07 Harris / Assault DID THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS DEPART FROM THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT IN OLIVAS V. STATE, 202 S.W.3d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006), BY HOLDING THAT APPELLANT SHOWED ACTUAL, EGREGIOUS HARM BASED ON AN UNOBJECTED -TO JURY INSTRUCTION CONCERNING ONLY ONE OF TWO DEFENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS, WHERE THE RECORD SHOWED THAT: |
| PD-0010-07 | Azeez, Sheriff K. | Vol. 14, No. 36 09/11/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 05/02/07 Harris / Failure to Appear THE OPINION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS REFORMING THE CONVICTION FROM ONE STATUTE TO ANOTHER RENDERS APPELLANT'S SENTENCE ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
| PD-1630-07 | Baldwin, Jeremy | Vol. 15, No. 39 10/08/07 Citation Unavailable CA No. 14-06-0632-CR |
Appellant's 03/05/08 Harris / Possession of Controlled Substance THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN DENYING APPELLANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS WHERE THE STATE FAILED TO SHOW: (A) THAT THE ARRESTING OFFICER HAD SUFFICIENT FACTS AND SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES TO ARRIVE AT A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT WOULD JUSTIFY DETAINING APPELLANT WHILE APPELLANT WAS ENGAGED IN THE LAWFUL ACTIVITY OF WALKING ALONG A PUBLIC SIDEWALK; AND (B) PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST APPELLANT TO JUSTIFY RETRIEVING APPELLANT’S IDENTIFICATION THAT IS ONLY REQUIRED AFTER A PERSON HAS BEEN LAWFULLY ARRESTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 38.02(a) OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. |
| PD-PD-1420-06 to PD-1426-06 | Banks, Tyron Lamond | None Unpublished |
State's 02/28/07 Dallas / Aggravated Assault 1. Whether the Court of Appeals Erred by Interpreting an Appellate Rule in a Manner That Improperly Enlarged a Statutory Right under the Government Code? 2. Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Holding That a Defendant Is Entitled to a New Trial under Appellate Rule 34.6(f) Based on a Lost or Destroyed Reporter's Record When the Defendant Did Nothing to Preserve That Record Within a Three-year Period Pursuant to Government Code §52.046(a)(4)? 3. Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Resolving the Conflict Between the Appellate Rule and the Government Code in a Manner Contrary to Other Courts of Appeals' Decisions? 4. Whether a Complaint on Appeal That "No Analysis of the Merits of Appellant's Plea Hearings Is Possible Without the Reporter's Record" Can Be Construed under Appellate Rule 38.9 to Mean That Appellate Counsel Cannot Review the Effectiveness of Trial Counsel; If Not, Has the Court of Appeals Exceeded its Authority under Rule 38.9 to Say That it Does? |
| PD-0867-07 | Barbernell, Stephen Gregory | Vol. 15, No. 17 05/07/07 Citation Unavailable (09-06-0336-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 Montgomery / DWI WHETHER THE MANNER OF INTOXICATION, EITHER "LOSS OF FACULTIES" OR "ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION," IS AN ELEMENT OF THE OFFENSE OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WHICH MUST BE ALLEGED IN THE CHARGING INSTRUMENT? |
| PD-0494-07 PD-0495-07 |
Bass, Christopher Lee | Vol. 15, No. 10 03/19/07 Citation Unavailable (14-05-00865-CR and 14-05-00866-CR) |
State's 10/03/07 Harris / Indecency w/ a Child 1. WAS THE STATE ENTITLED TO REBUT APPELLANT’S “FABRICATION DEFENSIVE THEORY” WITH SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF EXTRANEOUS MISCONDUCT THAT TENDED TO SHOW THE VICTIM DID NOT “FABRICATE” HER ACCOUNT OF RESPONDENT’S CRIMES? 2. IS THERE, AS THE COURT OF APPEALS CLAIMS, A MEANINGFUL DISTINCTION BETWEEN “FRAME-UP” AND “RETALIATION” DEFENSIVE THEORIES AND A “FABRICATION” DEFENSE? 3. DID RESPONDENT’S SWEEPING COMMENTS IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT THAT HE COULD NOT HAVE COMMITTED THE OFFENSE BECAUSE HE WAS A MINISTER AND HAD IMPECCABLE CHARACTER AUTHORIZE THE STATE TO INTRODUCE EVIDENCE OF EXTRANEOUS BAD ACTS TO REBUT THAT CLAIM? |
| PD-1224-06 Pd-1225-06 |
Beedy, Arnold Ray | Vol. 14, No. 17 05/08/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 09/27/06 Brazoria / Indecency w/ a Child If the Trial Court Assesses Punishment and Imposes a Cumulation Order That an Appellate Court Later Determines Is Improper, Should the Order Be Deleted or Is the Correct Remedy to Remand the Cause to the Trial Court for Resentencing? |
| PD-0969-07 | Billodeau, David Clyde | Vol. 15, No. 23 Vol. 15, No. 32 06/18/07 08/20/07 Citation Unavailable No. 01-05-1130-CR |
Appellant's 01/16/08 Harris / Aggravated Sexual Assault WHEN A DEFENDANT IS ACCUSED OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE IN THE CASE CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY OF THE COMPLAINANT AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE ACCUSED, SHOULD THE TRIAL COURT PREVENT THE DEFENSE FROM PRESENTING EVIDENCE ABOUT THREATS AND FALSE, SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS MADE BY THE COMPLAINANT AFTER THE DATE OF THE CHARGED OFFENSE, BUT BEFORE THE DATE OF THE COMPLAINANT’S TESTIMONY AT TRIAL? |
| PD-0791-07 | Bjorgaard, Christian | Vol. 15, No. 14 04/12/07 Citation Unavailable (07-05-0332-CR) |
State's 10/10/07 Dallas / Att. Sexual Assault 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT COMMITTING AN INDECENCY WITH A CHILD OFFENSE INFERS THE SPECIFIC INTENT TO COMMIT A SEXUAL OFFENSE UNDER A DIFFERENT STATUTE. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT AN EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE CANNOT BE USED TO PROVE THE SPECIFIC INTENT OF APPELLANT TO ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A SEXUAL ASSAULT. 3. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN BASING ITS HOLDING OF ADMISSIBILITY ON A DE NOVO REVIEW OF THE RECORD. |
| PD-1645-06 | Blount, Dominique Lekie | Vol. 14, No. 31 08/07/06 Citation Unavailable (14-04-0946-CR) |
State's 01/24/07 Harris / Burglary of a Habitation 1. Did the Court below Erroneously Reform the Trial Court’s Judgment by Deleting the Deadly Weapon Finding Because of an Erroneous Determination That Appellant’s Non-statutory Right to Written Notice of the State’s Intent to Seek a Deadly Weapon Finding, Hereinafter Referred to as the Right in Question, Is Within the Meaning of Marin V. State, 851 S.W.2d 275, 279-80 (Tex.Crim.App. 1993), a Waivable Right That Was Not Waived by Appellant under the Circumstances, Instead of a Forfeitable Right That Was Clearly Forfeited by Appellant, Where Appellant Was Given an Opportunity to Review the Proposed Court’s Charge Containing the Deadly Weapon Special Issue at the Charge Conference at the Guilt-innocence Stage of His Trial and He Failed to Thereafter Assert Any Claim Concerning the Violation of the Right in Question to the Trial Court at Any Time by Objection And/or a Motion or Request for Continuance as Required by the Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 33.1(a)(1)(A)? 2. Assuming the Court below Correctly Determined That the Right in Question Is a Waivable Right Within the Meaning of Marin, Did it Nevertheless Erroneously Reform the Judgment by Deleting the Deadly Weapon Finding under the Circumstances Because of its (A) Erroneous Finding That Appellant Did Not by His Actions Waive His Complaint That the Right in Question Was Violated or (B) Erroneous Failure to Find That Appellant Otherwise Had Adequate Notice of the State’s Intent to Seek a Deadly Weapon Finding Where Appellant Was Given an Opportunity to Review the Proposed Charge Containing the Deadly Weapon Special Issue at the Charge Conference at the Guilt-innocence Stage of His Trial and Failed to Object or Otherwise Complain And/or Make a Motion or Request for a Continuance on the Basis of a Violation of the Right in Question (1) at the Charge Conference, (2) at the Time the Trial Court Submitted the Special Issue to the Jury, (3) at the Time the Jury’s Verdict Affirmatively Answering the Special Issue Was Read in Open Court, And/or (4) at Sentencing When the Trial Court Announced in Open Court That a Deadly Weapon Finding Based on the Jury’s Answer to the Special Issue Would Be Included in the Judgment? |
| PD-0459-07 | Brice, Michael | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Terry Holmes, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-1046-07 | Brooks, Tanika | Vol. 15, No. 25 07/20/07 Citation Unavailable (12-06-0378-CR) |
Appellant's 10/10/07 Nacogdoches / Aggregated Theft WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS MISCHARACTERIZED PETITIONER'S CHALLENGE TO THE INSTANT INDICTMENT AS A CHALLENGE ONLY TO AN UN-PLED TOLLING PROVISION, RATHER THAN AS A THOROUGH CHALLENGE TO THE TIMELINESS OF THE INSTANT INDICTMENT. |
| PD-1370-05 | Clay, Willie Allen | Vol. 13, No. 21 06/05/05 Citation Not Available |
State's 02/01/06 Harris / Capital Murder - Life Sentence 1. When Conducting a Harm Analysis, must an Appellate Court Consider All the Evidence in the Record? 2. What Is the Proper Test for Analyzing Harm When Considering the Effects of the Erroneous Admission of Evidence Barred by Crawford v. Washington? |
| PD-0489-07 | Clemens, Thomas James | None Unpublished (03-05-00156-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 Travis / Attempted Arson 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS WHEN CONDUCTING ITS LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW IN THIS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE CASE EFFECTIVELY REQUIRE DIRECT EVIDENCE OF EACH ELEMENT OF THE OFFENSE BY IMPROPERLY DISCOUNTING THE CUMULATIVE WEIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE? 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS EFFECTIVELY IMPROPERLY REQUIRE THE STATE TO DISPROVE ALTERNATE HYPOTHESES OF INNOCENCE THAT THE COURT HAS INVENTED AFTER TRIAL? 3. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS IMPROPERLY APPLY THIS COURT'S LEGAL SUFFICIENCY JURISPRUDENCE? 4. IN THIS ATTEMPTED ARSON CASE, DID THE COURT OF APPEALS EFFECTIVELY REQUIRE THAT THE STATE PROVE THAT EVERY ACT SHORT OF ACTUAL COMMISSION OF ARSON BE ACCOMPLISHED? |
| PD-0072-07 | Coleman, Thomas | Vol. 14, No. 48 12/11/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 03/21/07 Swisher / Aggravated Perjury 1. Does the Appointment of an Attorney Pro Tem, During the Disqualification of an Elected District Attorney, Continue after the Disqualified District Attorney's Successor Takes Office. 2. Can the Trial Court Disregard Article 2.07, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and Appoint an Attorney Pro Tem to Serve Beyond the Disqualification of the State's Attorney. |
| PD-1203-06 | Collins, Jeremy Paul | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 01/29/07 Kaufman / Possession of Controlled Substance 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS HAD JURISDICTION OVER THIS APPEAL. 2. CAN A TRIAL COURT CORRECT A JUDGMENT AS TO BACK-TIME CREDIT BY A JUDGMENT NUNC PRO TUNC. |
| PD-0456-07 | Contreras, Gabriel | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Terry Holmes, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-0010-06 | Cooks, Frank (Jr) | Vol. 13, No. 17 12/12/05 Citation Not Available |
Appellant's 12/13/06 Harris / Aggravated Assault w/ Deadly Weapon When Appointed Appellate Counsel “Asserts” in a “Motion to Abate Appeal to File Out-of-time Motion for New Trial” That Whatever Time Remained of the Statutory 30 Days Following Her Appointment, Was Insufficient for Appellant to “Enjoy the Benefit” of Her Representation at That Critical Stage of Trial, the Court of Appeals Should Accept Counsel’s Assertion as Rebutting the Usual Presumption That When No Motion for New Trial Was Filed, it Was Because an Appellant, with the Benefit of Counsel’s Representation, Had Considered and Rejected That Option. |
| PD-0001-07 | Crook, James | Vol. 14, No. 4 02/06/06 Citation Unavailable |
State's 03/32/07 El Paso / Barratry (13x) 1. Because in a Single Prosecution Resulting in a Multi-count Conviction for Repeated Commission of the Same Offense (Such as this Case), the Imprisonment Assessed for Each Count (Including Probation) Runs Concurrently, but Fines must Always Be Cumulated, Didn’t the Court of Appeals Err in Holding That the Trial Court Did Not Act Without Authority and Did Not Render an Illegal Sentence When it Refused to Cumulate the Fines Totaling $130,000, Instead of Ordering Concurrently Payment of the Fines, in Effect, Ordering Payment of One Fine of $10,000? 2. Didn’t the Court of Appeals Err in Holding That the Law Requiring Cumulation of Fines Applies Only in Misdemeanor Cases and Not in All Cases, Including Felonies? 3. Didn’t the Court of Appeals Err in Holding That Because Case Law Interpreting Section 3.03 of the Penal Code Simply States That Section 3.03 Does Not Apply to Fines, the Trial Court Had Jurisdiction to Not Cumulate the Fines? |
| PD-1634-07 | Crumpton, Lindsey | None Unpublished CA No. 05-06-1673-CR |
Appellant's 04/09/08 Dallas / Criminally Negligent Homicide 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE TRIAL COURT’S ENTRY OF AN AFFIRMATIVE FINDING OF A DEADLY WEAPON IN THE JUDGMENT BECAUSE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE AND THE APPLICATION PARAGRAPH OF THE CHARGE DID NOT REFER TO A DEADLY WEAPON, THE JURY WAS NOT ASKED TO MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE FINDING, AND AN AUTOMOBILE IS NOT A DEADLY WEAPON PER SE. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE ASSESSMENT OF PETITIONER’S PUNISHMENT WITHIN THE RANGE FOR A THIRD DEGREE FELONY BECAUSE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF A STATE JAIL FELONY AND THE TRIAL COURT IMPROPERLY ENHANCED THE PUNISHMENT RANGE TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY BASED ON A FINDING, THAT WAS NEVER MADE, THE AT PETITIONER USED A DEADLY WEAPON IN THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE. |
| PD-1168-07 | DeLaPaz, Oscar Pena | Vol. 15, No. 24 06/25/07 Citation Unavailable (11-06-0146-CR) |
Appellant's 10/03/07 Nolan / Agg. Sex Assault - Injury to a Child THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING PETITIONER’S RIGHTS UNDER THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE WERE NOT VIOLATED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TESTIMONIAL DECLARATIONS IN THE CHILD’S MEDICAL RECORDS BY M. FOSS, LBSW, AND THE HENDRICK NURSES, WITHOUT HAVING FOSS, THE CHILD, OR THE HENDRICK NURSES TESTIFY. |
| PD-1069-06 | Durgan, Nakeesha | Vol. 14, No. 20 05/29/06 Citation Not Available |
Appellant's 09/20/06 Angelina / Possession of Controlled Substance This Court Should Grant Review to Consider Whether the Court Erred in Not Considering the Competency of the Defendant or Staying the Proceedings for the Purpose of Conducting a Competency Review by an Expert at the Time the Trial Court Was Placed on Notice That She Lacked the Competency to Stand Trial or Assist Her Counsel in the Hearing. |
| PD-1157-06 through PD-1162-06 |
Edwards, Robert C. | None Unpublished |
State's 10/25/06 Harris / Aggravated Assault, Burglary of a Habitation, Sexual Offenses (4x) Whether the Court of Appeals Misinterpreted the Difference Between Proceeding on a Modified Motion to Revoke and Not Having Jurisdiction to Proceed on a Motion Filed after the Term of Supervision Had Expired? |
| PD-1616-07 | Esparza, Edward | Vol. 15, No. 35 09/10/07 Citation Unavailable No. 01-06-0043-CR |
Appellant's 02/06/08 Harris / DNA Testing Case 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS WAS CORRECT IN RULING THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN DENYING THE MOTION FOR DNA TESTING BECAUSE PETITIONER FAILED TO ESTABLISH HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IF EXCULPATORY RESULTS HAD BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH DNA TESTING. 2. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS HAS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT QUESTION OF STATE LAW IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE APPLICABLE DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. |
| PD-1613-07 | Fischer, Robert Walter | Vol. 15, No. 36 09/17/07 Vol. 15, No. 43 11/05/07 Citation Unavailable No. 04-05-0834-CR |
State's 02/06/08 Bexar / Murder 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING THAT THE TRIAL COURT REVERSIBLY ERRED IN ADMITTING EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE EVIDENCE BECAUSE THE STATE'S RULE 104(B) PROFFER WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE APPELLANT COMMITTED THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE, EVEN THOUGH THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED DURING THE TRIAL WAS SUFFICIENT TO PROVE THAT THE APPELLANT COMMITTED THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE? 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN APPLYING A NO EVIDENCE STANDARD OF REVIEW TEST IN DETERMINING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE IN DIRECT CONTRAVENTION OF THIS COURT'S PRIOR HOLDINGS? 3. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN CONFINING ITS REVIEW OF THE TRIAL COURT'S DECISION TO ADMIT EVIDENCE OF AN EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE SOLELY TO THE RULE 104(B) PROFFER OR SHOULD THE COURT HAVE CONSIDERED ALL OF THE EVIDENCE ADMITTED AT TRIAL CONCERNING THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE? 4. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN RESURRECTING, SUB SILENTIO, THE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS CONSTRUCT BY REQUIRING THE STATE TO EXCLUDE ALL OTHER POSSIBLE PERPETRATORS OF THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE OTHER THAN THE APPELLANT IN ITS RULE 104(B) PROFFER? 5. MUST A PARTY'S RULE 104(B) PROFFER SEEKING ADMISSION OF A RULE 404(B) EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE SATISFY THE "BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT" QUANTUM OF PROOF NECESSARY FOR A CRIMINAL CONVICTION, EVEN WHEN THE CRIMINAL ASPECT OF THE DEFENDANT'S 404(B) CONDUCT IS NOT RELEVANT TO HIS GUILT OR INNOCENCE IN THE CASE BEING TRIED? 6. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS APPLY AN IMPROPER STANDARD IN CONDUCTING ITS HARM ANALYSIS BY IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE JURY WAS GIVEN A LIMITING INSTRUCTION ON THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE, AND ALSO BY IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE EVIDENCE ADMITTED AT TRIAL WAS SUFFICIENT TO PROVE THAT APPELLANT HAD COMMITTED THE EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT? 7. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN ADMITTING EVIDENCE OF OTHER CRIMES PURSUANT TO RULE 404(B) WHEN THE EVIDENCE IN QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ADMISSIBLE AS SAME TRANSACTION CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE? |
| PD-0904-06 | Flores, Rene | Vol. 14, No. 18 05/15/06 Citation Not Available |
Appellant's 09/20/06 Harris / Murder The Appellate Court Erred in Applying the Wrong Standard by Which to Assess Harm from a Jury-Charge Error. The Court of Appeals Applied the Harm Analysis under Tex. R. App. P. 44.2(b). However, the Correct Standard for a Harm Analysis Specific to Jury Charge Error Is Found under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. 39.16. |
| PD-0936-07 PD-0937-07 |
Garcia-Cantu, Candelario | Vol. 15, No. 21 06/04/07 Citation Unavailable No. 09-06-0285-CR |
Appellee's 10/31/07 Montgomery / POCS & UCW 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS EVISCERATED DECADES OF WELL ESTABLISHED US AND TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY, AND CASE LAW WHEN IT RULED THAT POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE, MUCH LESS ARTICULATE, A "REASONABLE SUSPICION" IN ORDER TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION OF AN OCCUPIED, LEGALLY PARKED, NON MOVING AUTOMOBILE, LOCATED IN A NARROW CUL-DE-SAC. 2. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN REVERSING THE TRIAL COUNT'S [sic] DECISION TO SUPPRESS VIOLATED ITS OWN STATED STANDARD OF REVIEW ARTICULATED IN ROSS, 32 S.W.3D AT 856 (CITING ROMERO V. STATE, 800 S.W.2D AT 543) TO UPHOLD THE TRIAL COURT'S DECISION IF IT IS CORRECT ON ANY THEORY OF LAW APPLICABLE TO THE CASE. 3. WHETHER THE ACTIONS OF THE POLICE HEREIN CONSTITUTED A DETENTION REQUIRING REASONABLE SUSPICION. |
| PD-0904-07 | Garner, Christopher | None Unpublished No. 10-05-0218-CR |
COURT's 10/31/07 Brazos / Aggravated Robbery IS THE COURT OF APPEALS’ OPINION, WHICH ADDRESSES THE MERITS OF POINTS OF ERROR OF AN ANDERS APPEAL, CONSISTENT WITH BLEDSOE V. STATE, 178 S.W.3d 824 (TEX.CRIM.APP. 2005)? |
| PD-0134-07 | Grotti, Lydia H. | Vol. 14, No. 38 09/25/06 Vol. 14, No. 38 11/27/06 Citation Unavailable |
State's 04/25/07 Tarrant / Criminally Negligent Homicide 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN ITS SUFFICIENCY ANALYSIS BY APPLYING A DEFINITION FROM OUTSIDE THE PENAL CODE TO AN ELEMENT OF THE OFFENSE THAT IS NOT DEFINED IN THE PENAL CODE AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE JURY CHARGE. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED AN INCORRECT STANDARD OF FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW BY AFFORDING NO DEFERENCE TO THE JURY’S CREDIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. 3. THIS CASE ILLUSTRATES THAT THE DISSENTING OPINIONS IN WATSON V. STATE, 204 S.W.3D 404 (TEX.CRIM.APP. 2006), WERE CORRECT: CLEWIS SHOULD BE ABANDONED. |
| PD-1400-06 | Hackler, Terry | None Unpublished (02-04-0446-CR) |
Appellant's 02/14/07 Cooke / Intoxication Manslaughter THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE TRIAL COURT'S ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE OF A VIDEOTAPE OF THE 4TH BIRTHDAY PARTY OF THE DECEASED'S DAUGHTER. |
| PD-0457-07 | Harlow, April | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, Terry Holmes, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-1453-05 | Harris, Jane Etta | Vol. 13, No. 36 Vol. 13, No. 46 Vol. 14, No. 3 09/19/05 12/05/05 01/30/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 06/07/06 Tarrant / Possession of Controlled Substance 1. The Majority Opinion's Purging of Paragraphs Two, Three and Four of the Search Warrant Affidavit – Based upon the Majority's Assertion That the Paragraphs Discuss the Anonymous Crime Stoppers Tipster Rather than the Confidential Informant C.I. Who Made the Covered Buy – Is (A) Contrary to the Testimony at the Suppression Hearing, (B) Contrary to the Text of the Affidavit, and (C) an Extreme Invasion of the Discretion That Should Be Accorded the Trial Court. Had the Court of Appeals Given Proper Deference to the Trial Court's Factual Findings, the Trial Court's Probable Cause Finding Would Have Been Sustained. 2. The Majority's Declaration That the C.I. Was Not Shown to Be Reliable in Paragraph Five of the Affidavit Ignores the Fact That the C.I. Was Shown to Be Reliable in Paragraph Four of the Affidavit. 3. The Harris Majority Improperly Elevates the State's Burden to Show Probable Cause by Inventing a Requirement That When an Informant Is Seen Entering an Apartment Building (Rather than an Individual Apartment), the Informant's Reliability must Be Shown Independent from the Circumstances of the Controlled Buy. 4. The Majority Opinion Should Be Reversed Because the Franks Violations Found by the Majority Opinion on Appeal Were Not Properly Preserved by Appellant at Trial. |
| PD-1923-06 | Haynes, Larry Glenn | Insert G/S Cite Date Insert Case Citation |
State's 08/22/07 Harris / Assault Family Violence SHOULD COLLIER V. STATE, 999 S.W.2D 7799 (TEX. CRIM. APP. 1999), BE OVERRULED AND DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY FAILING TO REFORM THE JUDGMENT TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT AND REMANDING FOR A NEW PUNISHMENT HEARING? |
| PD-1879-06 | Hernandez, Maria Del Carmen | Vol. 14, No. 44 11/13/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 04/04/07 Bexae / Capital Murder - Life Sentence WHETHER THE TESTIMONIAL STATEMENT GIVEN TO POLICE BY AN INDICTED CO-DEFENDANT, OFFERED AS EVIDENCE TO IMPEACH ANOTHER STATEMENT OF THAT CO-DEFENDANT, WAS ADMISSIBLE UNDER CRAWFORD V. WASHINGTON. |
| PD-1986-05 | Herrera, Gerald | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 04/12/06 Caldwell / Aggravated Assault The Court of Appeals' Decision That Petitioner's Questioning by a Police Officer While Incarcerated in Jail Was Not Custodial Interrogation Directly Conflicts with Mathis v. United States, 391 U.S. 1 (1968) and Jones v. State, 119 S.W.3d 766 (Tex.Cr.App. 2003). |
| PD-0154-06 | Hicks, James Corey | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 05/17/06 Cass / Injury to an Disabled Individual Did the Court of Appeals Err in Concluding That Possession Equated to "Care, Custody or Control" and Therefore Finding Legally and Factually Sufficient Evidence That Hicks Owed a Duty to the Victim? |
| PD-1050-07 | Holmes, Billy | Vol. 15, No. 18 05/14/07 Citation Unavailable (14-06-0269-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 Harris / Poss. of C/S 1. WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY REVERSING APPELLANT'S CONVICTION BASED UPON HROMADKA V. STATE, NO. 1329-00, 2003 WL 1845067 (TEX. CRIM. APP. APRIL 9, 2003), BECAUSE THE COURT OF APPEALS' ANALYSIS STRETCHES THE HROMADKA HOLDING BEYOND ITS INTENDED PALE, CONFLICTS WITH THIS COURT'S LONGSTANDING PRECEDENT IN WYATT V. STATE, 162 TEX. CRIM. 134, 282 S.W.2D 392 (TEX. CRIM. APP. 1955), AND FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INAPPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE 38.23 IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DEFENDANT AFFIRMATIVELY STATES "NO OBJECTION" TO EVIDENCE. 2. WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS' OPINION HIGHLIGHTS A CONTINUING CONFLICT NEEDING RESOLUTION AMONG LOWER COURTS, INITIATED BEFORE AND CONTINUING SINCE THIS COURT'S OPINION IN HROMADKA, WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER A TRIAL COURT ERRS BY DENYING A DEFENDANT'S REQUESTED ARTICLE 38.23 JURY INSTRUCTION IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DEFENDANT AFFIRMATIVELY STATED HE HAD "NO OBJECTION" TO THE EVIDENCE AT ISSUE WHEN OFFERED DURING TRIAL. |
| PD-0453-07 | Holmes, Terry | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT’S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE’S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT’S PRETRIAL RULING WAS “USED” AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT’S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE’S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE’S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT’S PRETRIAL RULING WAS “USED” AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-1539-07. | Huffman, Robert | Vol. 15, No. 32 08/20/07 Citation Unavailable (No. 04-06-0126-CR) |
Appellant's & State's 12/12/07 Bexar / Failure to Stop and Render Aid STATE'S GROUNDS FOR REVIEW: 1. IS JUDGE COCHRAN'S "EIGHTH GRADE" ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST THE ONLY TEST FOR DISCERNING WHETHER A JURY MUST BE UNANIMOUS ABOUT A SPECIFIC ELEMENT OF AN OFFENSE, OR IS IT ONLY ONE TOOL THAT MAY BE USED IN AN APPROPRIATE CASE FOR DISCERNING THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE? 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS PROPERLY APPLY JUDGE COCHRAN'S "EIGHTH GRADE" ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST, FOR CASES IN WHICH IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE COURT'S CHARGE PERMITTED A NON-UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT, IN A FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID CASE? 3. IN A FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID CASE, MUST A JURY BE UNANIMOUS ABOUT WHETHER A DEFENDANT FAILED TO (1) IMMEDIATELY STOP, (2) IMMEDIATELY RETURN, OR (3) REMAIN AT THE SCENE? APPELLANT'S GROUNDS FOR REVIEW: 1. HAVING FOUND THE EXISTENCE OF ERROR WHERE THREE SEPARATE OFFENSES WERE CHARGED, BUT NO INSTRUCTION GIVEN THAT THE JURY MUST BE UNANIMOUS AS TO ONE OFFENSE, THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN IMPLYING A REQUIREMENT THAT A DEFENSIVE APPROACH BASED ON A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS OFFENSES CHARGED MUST HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR EGREGIOUS HARM TO BE FOUND. 2. HAVING FOUND THE EXISTENCE OF ERROR WHERE THREE SEPARATE OFFENSES WERE CHARGED, BUT NO INSTRUCTION GIVEN THAT THE JURY MUST BE UNANIMOUS AS TO ONE OFFENSE, THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN RELYING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE STATE'S CASE AND FAILING OTHERWISE TO PERFORM AN APPROPRIATE EGREGIOUS HARM ANALYSIS. |
| PD-1341-07 | Iduarte, Jorge R. | Vol. 15, No. 17 05/07/07 Citation Unavailable 02--06-0179-CR |
Appellee's 10/17/07 Tarrant / Aggravated Assault 1. IN REVERSING SUPPRESSION BASED ON THE "NEW CRIME" EXCEPTION TO THE TEXAS EXCLUSIONARY RULE, DESPITE NO FINDING OR CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT A NEW CRIME OCCURRED, THE MAJORITY MISAPPLIED THIS COURT'S MAYORGA DECISION AND VIOLATED ESTABLISHED PRECEDENT OF THIS COURT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BURDEN OF PROOF, THE DEFERENCE THAT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE TRIAL COURT ON ALL DECISIONS TURNING ON WITNESS CREDIBILITY, AND THE PROPER ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN JUDGE AND JURY ON A MOTION TO SUPPRESS. (APP. EX. B.) 2. IN REVERSING SUPPRESSION BASED SOLELY ON THE "NEW CRIME" EXCEPTION TO THE TEXAS EXCLUSIONARY RULE, THE MAJORITY VIOLATED THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL EXCLUSIONARY RULE. 3. THE MAJORITY IGNORED PRECEDENT OF THIS COURT AND THE UNITED STATE SUPREME COURT TO THE EXTENT IT JUSTIFIED ITS OPINION ON THE PRESENCE OF EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN THE TRIAL COURT EXPRESSLY FOUND THAT ANY EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES WERE CREATED BY OFFICER EDDLEMAN HIMSELF. 4. THE MAJORITY IGNORED THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT TO THE EXTENT IT JUSTIFIED ITS OPINION ON ARGUMENTS THAT HAD BEEN WAIVED BY THE STATE. |
| PD-1187-07 | Johnson, Ivan | Vol. 15, No. 29 07/30/07 Citation Unavailable No. 01-06-0726-CR |
Appellant's 01/16/08 Llano / Indecency w/ a Child THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT A TRIAL COURT CAN, UNDER ARTICLE 42.12 § 12(c) OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, MODIFY THE CONDITIONS OF A DEFENDANT’S PROBATION TO REQUIRE 180 DAYS IN JAIL AFTER VICTIM ALLOCUTION UNDER ARTICLE 42.03 § 1(b) OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. |
| PD-0973-06 | Jordan, Elmer Ray (Jr.) | None Unpublished |
State's 09/13/06 Denton / Possession of Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Deliver Did the Court of Appeals Err in Refusing to Conduct a Harm Analysis in this Case Where the Evidence Supporting an Enhancement Allegation Was Found to Be Insufficient When this Court Has Previously Held That Only "Structural" Constitutional Errors Are Categorically Immune to Harmless Error Analysis? |
| PD-0002-08 | Keehn, Darrell Jay | Vol. 15, No. 36 09/17/07 Vol. 15, No. 48 12/10/07 Citation Unavailable CA No. 02-06-0047-CR |
Appellant's 05/07/08 Wichita / Possession of Chemicals w/ Intent to Mf’g Controlled Substance 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING THAT THE WARRANTLESS ENTRY INTO THE AUTOMOBILE PARKED ON APPELLANT’S PROPERTY WAS JUSTIFIED UNDER THE “PLAIN VIEW” EXCEPTION TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT, CONTRARY TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF COLLIDGE V. NEW HAMPSHIRE, 403 U.S. 443 (1971). 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING THAT MARYLAND V. DYSON, 527 U.S. 465 (1999) AUTHORIZES THE WARRANTLESS ENTRY INTO THE AUTOMOBILE PARKED ON APPELLANT’S PROPERTY |
| PD-0873-07 PD-0874-07 |
Kirkpatrick, Beverly | None Unpublished (05-06-1230-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 Kaufman / Tampering w/ Governmental Record 1. Did the Court of Appeals Err by Concluding That the District Court Did Not Have Subject-matter Jurisdiction of the Offense? 2. Where an Offense Can Be Charged as Either a Felony or a Misdemeanor, Does the Return of the Indictment into a Court with Subject-matter Jurisdiction Only of the Felony Offense Indicate the State's Intent to Charge the Felony Offense? 3. Is Ambiguity or Confusion about the Particular Offense That Has Been Charged the Type of Objection to an Indictment That must Be Raised by a Defendant Prior to the Date of Trial? |
| PD-0502-06 | Klein, Nicholas George | Vol. 14, No. 14 04/17/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 09/13/06 Denton / Aggravated Sexual Assault 1. Did the Court of Appeals Err in Holding That the Evidence Was Not Legally Sufficient to Prove That Klein Sexually Abused His Daughter on Four Separate Occasions as Alleged in the Indictment When the Evidence Showed That the Abuse Happened on Monday Nights When the Child's Mother Was at Dance Class and When the Mother Took the Dance Class for a Period Encompassing at Least Eight Weeks. 2. Did the Court of Appeals Err by Finding That the Trial Court Abused its Discretion by Admitting the Testimony of a Cps Investigator and the Investigating Police Officer under Evidence Rule 801(e)(1)(B) When the Court of Appeals Itself Acknowledged That the Testimony of the Child Victim Was Internally Conflicting? |
| PD-PD-1924-06 PD-1925-06 |
Kubosh, Felix Michael | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 01/24/07 Harris / Bond Forfeiture 1. The Court of Appeals Decision Conflicts with Bob Smith Bail Bonds, Sur. v. State, 963 S.W.2d 555, 556 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 1998, No Pet.) And Other Case Law Holding That a Bail Bond must Be Admitted into Evidence. 2. The Court of Appeals Decision Has Sanctioned the Trial Courts Departure from the Accepted and Usual Course of Judicial Proceedings in That it Held That a Trial Court May Take Judicial Notice of a Bail Bond on its Motion Without Comment, Thus Eliminating the Need to Offer the Bail Bond into Evidence. This Holding Calls for an Exercise of the Court of Criminal Appeals' Power of Supervision. |
| PD-0182-07 | Lancon, Fernando | Vol. 15, No. 1 01/15/07 Citation Unavailable |
State's 06/06/07 Webb / Murder / Attempted Murder / Deadly Conduct THIS COURT SHOULD ADDRESS WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS USED THE CORRECT STANDARD OF REVIEW TO CONDUCT ITS FACTUAL-SUFFICIENCY REVIEW. |
| PD-1065-07 | Landers, Beth Suzana | Vol. 15, No. 26 07/07/07 Citation Unavailable No. 06-06-0202-CR |
Appellant's 11/14/07 Lamar / Intoxication Manslaughter WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS WRONGLY INTERPRETED ‘CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION' IN DECIDING THAT THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE WAS NOT VIOLATED WHERE THE APPELLANT WAS PROSECUTED BY HER FORMER ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED HER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PRIOR CASE AND EXTENSIVELY CROSS-EXAMINED HER ON THE UNDERLYING FACTS FROM THE PRIOR CASE AND ON OTHER CRIMINAL HISTORY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE RELATED INFORMATION THAT HE FIRST LEARNED AS DEFENSE COUNSEL IN THE PRIOR CASE. (C.R. 97-122) (5 R.R. 5-87) (SUPPLEMENTAL C.R. 2-3) |
| PD-1561-07 | Landrian, Carlos | Vol. 15, No. 32 01/16/08 Citation Unavailable No. 01-05-0697-CR |
State's 01/16/08 Harris / Aggravated Assault THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN SUBMITTING A JURY CHARGE WITHOUT REQUIRING THE JURY UNANIMOUSLY TO AGREE THAT APPELLANT EITHER INTENTIONALLY AND KNOWINGLY CAUSED BODILY INJURY OR RECKLESSLY CAUSED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. |
| PD-1276-07 | Laster, Tommy G. | Vol. 15, No. 23 06/18/07 Citation Unavailable No. 02-06-0364-CR |
Appellant's 01/16/08 Tarrant / Attempted Aggravated Kidnapping 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT HELD THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION? 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT HELD THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS FACTUALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION? |
| PD-0182-07 | Lawrence, Terence Chadwick | Vol. 15, No. 1 01/15/07 Citation Unavailable (05-05-1391-CR) |
Appellant's 06/27/07 Dallas / Capital Murder 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN OVERRULING APPELLANT'S MOTION TO QUASH THE INDICTMENT. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE TEXAS STATUTE DEFINING MURDER, CAPITAL MURDER AS THEY INCORPORATE THE CURRENT EXPANDED DEFINITION OF A INDIVIDUAL IS CONSTITUTIONAL. |
| PD-0408-07 | Layton, Daniel | Vol. 15, No. 7 02/26/07 Citation Unavailable (01-05-0950-CR) |
Appellant's 09/12/07 Harris / DWI 1. Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Holding That Appellant Failed to Preserve Error in His Objection to Testimony from a Police Officer Concerning Use of Prescription Drugs. 2. Whether the Court of Appeals Properly Applied Tex. R. Crim. Evid. 401 in Holding That the Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Admitting over Objection Appellant's Statements to Police That He Takes Prescription Medication and the Police Officer's Statement Regarding the Uses of Those Prescription Medications. |
| PD-1647-06 | Malone, James | None Unpublished |
State's 02/28/07 Brazoria / Possession of Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Deliver 1. Is a Defendant "Merely Present" When a Substantial Drug Transaction Is Made at His Residence When He Is at Home and Has Invited the Purchasers Inside? 2. Is Evidence That Would Supply Probable Cause to Arrest a Defendant Sufficient to "Tend to Connect" Him to the Commission of the Offense under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. Art. 38.141? 3. Does Evidence That Affirmatively Links a Defendant to Contraband "Tend to Connect" Him to the Commission of the Offense under Tex. Code Crim. Proc Ann. Art. 38.141? |
| PD-1917-06 | Martinez, Raul Adam (Jr) | Vol. 14, No. 45 11/20/06 Citation Unavailable (13-03-0388-CR) |
Appellant's 06/18/07 Harris / Capital Murder WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLIED THE STANDARDS OF SEIBERT IN DETERMINING THAT A PROPER AND FUNCTIONAL MIRANDA WARNING WAS GIVEN APPELLANT HERE AND FINDING APPELLANT'S CUSTODIAL STATEMENT ADMISSIBLE. |
| PD-0670-07 | Mays, Clark Dewayne | Vol. 15, No. 15 04/23/07 Citation Unavailable (06-06-0075-CR) |
State's 10/03/07 Lamar / Capital Murder 1. IS ERROR IN A TRIAL COURT’S RULING DURING VOIR DIRE THAT IT WILL NOT ADMIT DIMINISHED CAPACITY EVIDENCE AT GUILT-INNOCENCE PRESERVED FOR REVIEW IF THE APPELLANT FAILS TO MAKE A PROFFER OF THE EVIDENCE HE WOULD HAVE PRESENTED? 2. IS ERROR IN THE TRIAL COURT’S RULING DURING VOIR DIRE THAT IT WILL NOT ADMIT DIMINISHED CAPACITY EVIDENCE AT GUILT-INNOCENCE AUTOMATICALLY HARMFUL WHEN THE APPELLANT CHANGES HIS PLEA TO GUILTY AS A RESULT OF THE RULING? |
| PD-1139-07 | McCarty, Andrew Tyrone | Vol. 15, No. 24 06/15/07 Citation Unavailable (06-06-0167-CR) |
Appellant's 10/03/07 Fannin / Indecency w/ a Child UNDER RULE 803(2), TEX.R.EVID., MUST THE EVENT ABOUT WHICH AN EXCITED UTTERANCE IS MADE HAVE TO BE THE SAME EVENT CAUSING THE DECLARANT'S EXCITEMENT? |
| PD-1172-06 | McGee, Michael Eugene | Vol. 14, No. 20 03/29/05 Citation Not Available |
Appellant's 10/25/06 Harris / Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle Whether the Court of Appeals Erred by Holding That Alleged Perjury by the Defendant in the Guilt Phase Was Admissible as Evidence of a Prior Bad Act in the Punishment Phase of Trial. |
| PD-0003-07 | Moore, Joshua Joel | None Unpublished (02-06-0168-CR) |
State's 06/13/07 Montague / Mf’g of Controlled Substance DID THE TRIAL COURT ACCEPT AND FOLLOW AN ENFORCEABLE PLEA BARGAIN, SUCH THAT THE APPELLANT DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE PERMITTED TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA? |
| PD0462-07 | Morales, David | Vol. 15, No. 9 03/12/07 Citation Unavailable (08-05-0201-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 El Paso / Agg. Sex Assault, Indecency w Child 1. Is an Assistant District Attorney Who Has Not Been Shown to Be Disqualified to Serve on the Jury Because of Actual Bias, Nevertheless Disqualified Because of "Implied Bias?" 2. Did the Court of Appeals Err by Not Giving Proper Deference to the Trial Court's Finding That Defense Counsel's Failure to Exercise a Peremptory Challenge Against an Assistant District Attorney Was Due to Sound Trial Strategy? |
| PD-0240-07 | Morris, Reginald Eugene | Vol. 15, No. 3 01/29/07 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's & State's 09/12/07 Montgomery / Intoxication Manslaughter Appellant’s: 1. The Court of Appeals Erred in Reforming the Trial Court’s Stacking Order Rather than Vacating it in its Entirety. 2. The Court of Appeals Decision Concerning Appellant’s Competency to Stand Trial Conflicts with this Court’s Decisions in Jackson v. State, 548 S.w.2d 685 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977), Casey v. State, 924 S.W.2d 936 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996) and Meraz v. State, 785 S.w.2d 146 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990). State’s: 1. Should Jackson v. State, 548 S.w.2d 685 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977), Be Overruled in Part Because the Review of the Sufficiency of the Evidence in Support of a Competency Jury’s Verdict Should Be Restricted to the Evidence Before the Jury? 2. If a Trial Court Pronounces a Legal Alternative Ruling on the Cumulation of Sentences, Should a Court of Appeals Reform the Judgment Contrary to That Ruling? In Other Words, Should ex Parte Sadler, 283 S.w.2d 235 (Tex. Crim. App. 1955), Be Overruled to Strike the Erroneous Cumulation Order and Run the Sentences Concurrently? |
| PD-0479-07 | Moseley, Darryl | Vol. 15, No. 9 03/12/07 Citation Unavailable (07-06-0296-CR) |
Appellant's 06/27/07 Bexar / Murder THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FINDING THAT THE RECORDING OF APPELLANT'S TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS MADE AT THE POLICE STATION WAS NOT AN INTERCEPTED WIRE COMMUNICATION, AND THEREFORE WAS ADMISSIBLE AGAINST APPELLANT. |
| PD-1297-06 | Murphy, Jermaine Donte | Vol. 14, No. 29 07/24/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 12/13/06 Titus / Possession of Controlled Substance The Court of Appeals Erred Holding That the Justice Court's Ruling That the State Failed to Produce Evidence of Speeding to Justify the Detention of Mr. Murphy on Trial of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia That Arose out of the Same Transaction as the Possession of a Controlled Substance Offense Before the District Court Did Not Preclude the State from Relitigating the Same Issue, I.e. Speeding and Probable Cause, in a Motion to Suppress. |
| PD-1396-06 | Neesley, Nancy N. | Vol. 14, No. 23 06/19/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 10/11/06 Harris / Intoxication Manslaughter 1. The Court of Appeals Erred in Holding That the Implied Consent Statute’s Requirement Mandating That Officers Take “A Specimen” Was Actually a Limitation Prohibiting Officers from Taking More than One Specimen Even Where the First Specimen Was Not Usable. 2. The Court of Appeals Erred in Holding That the Second Blood Draw Taken from the Appellee Was Not a Continuation of the First Specimen and in Holding That the State Relied Solely on an Exigency to Justify the Second Blood Draw. |
| PD-1311-06 | Otto, Adriane Elaine | Vol. 14, No. 28 07/17/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 02/14/07 Harris / DWI 1. Respondent Was Charged with Driving While Intoxicated Due to Her Ingestion of Alcohol. At Trial, She Claimed That a Male Acquaintance Had Caused Her to Unknowingly Ingest Rohypnol or Another Unknown Drug and That it Was This, Rather than Alcohol, That Caused Her Intoxication. The Trial Court Submitted a Concurrent Cause Instruction Tracking the Language of Section 6.04 of the Penal Code. The Court of Appeals Held That the Concurrent Cause Instruction "Expand[ed] on the Allegations Set Forth in the [Indictment]." Was this Error? 2. Does a Jury Instruction That Tracks the Language of Penal Code Section 6.04 Always Improperly Expand on the Allegations in a Charging Instrument? |
| PD-1687-06 | Oursbourn, Cody Lee | Vol. 14, No. 40 10/16/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 04/18/07 Harris / Aggravated Robbery DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY DISREGARDING THOMAS IN PREFERENCE OF MENDOZA, WHEN DECIDING WHETHER ‘EGREGIOUS HARM' RESULTED BY THE TRIAL COURT'S FAILURE TO SUA SPONTE INSTRUCT THE JURY PURSUANT TO 38.22 AND 38.23, WHERE A FACTUAL DISPUTE EXISTED REGARDING THE VOLUNTARINESS OF APPELLANT'S STATEMENT? |
| PD-0684-07 | Porteous, Robert Anthony | Vol. 15, No. 14 04/12/07 Citation Unavailable (01-06-0419) |
Appellant's 10/03/07 Harris / Att. Capital Murder THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT PENAL CODE SEC. 9.31(b)(2), LIMITING THE RIGHT TO USE FORCE "TO RESIST AN ARREST ... THE ACTOR KNOWS IS BEING MADE BY A PEACE OFFICER" DISENTITLED APPELLANT TO THE JUSTIFICATION OF SELF DEFENSE, BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT APPELLANT DID NOT KNOW AN ARREST WAS BEING MADE, THAT EVEN IF THE JURY BELIEVED HE KNEW THE PERSON SUDDENLY ADVANCING ON HIM WITH A GUN WAS A PEACE OFFICER, WHAT APPELLANT PERCEIVED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WAS NOT AN ARREST (LAWFUL OR UNLAWFUL) BUT AN ATTACK. |
| PD-0921-06 | Ramos, Mark | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 11/15/06 Bexar / Murder 1. Are the Words "I Don't Want to Talk to You. I Don't Want to Talk about it Any More" Too Ambiguous to Invoke the Right to Cut off Questioning? The Court of Appeals Erred in Saying So in this Case. 2. The Court of Appeals Erred in Holding That Appellant's Claim of Illegal Arrest, Made in His Written Motion to Suppress Evidence and Ruled on by the Trial Court, Was Waived When Not Argued Orally to the Trial Court. |
| PD-0447-06 | Rangel, Rodolfo | Vol. 14, No. 5 Vol. 14, No. 25 Vol. 14, No. 31 02/06/06 06/29/06 08/07/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's & State's 12/20/06 Wichita / Aggravated Sexual Assault & Indecency w/ a Child (Appellant’s) Whether Appellant’s Sixth Amendment Rights Were Violated When the Unavailable Complainant’s Testimonial Hearsay Statements Were Admitted into Evidence Pursuant to Statutory Authority. (State’s) Did the Court of Appeals Apply the Correct Analysis to Determine That the Statement of a Four Year-old Chid Was Testimonial under Crawford v. Washington? |
| PD-0366-07 | Reed, Michael | Vol. 15, No. 7 02/26/07 Citation Unavailable (10-05-0144-CR) |
State's 08/22/07 Brazos / Deadly Conduct DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE THAT APPELLANT DISCHARGED A FIREARM "AT OR IN THE DIRECTION OF A HABITATION?" |
| PD-1687-07 | Rey, Daniel | Vol. 15, No. 40 10/15/07 Vol. 15, No. 42 10/295/07 Citation Unavailable No. 07-07-0141-CR |
State's 02/06/08 Hale / Abandoning or Endangering a Child DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN GRAFTING AN IN LOCO PARENTIS REQUIREMENT ONTO TEX. PEN. CODE § 22.041(b), WHEN THE GRAVAMEN OF THE OFFENSE IS ABANDONMENT BY ONE WHO HAS CARE, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF THE VICTIM, AND THE PROOF OF A FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VICTIM IS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE EVIDENTIARY FACT TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE FACTFINDER IN ITS DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A DEFENDANT COMMITTED THE OFFENSE. THE COURT OF APPEALS HAS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT QUESTION OF STATE LAW THAT HAS NOT, BUT SHOULD BE SETTLED BY THIS COURT. |
| 1597-05 PD-1598-05 |
Rhodes, Terry | Vol. 12, No. 42 10/25/04 Citation Not Available |
State's 06/07/06 Walker / Escape & Burglary of a Hab. 1. This Court Needs to Decide Whether a Defendant Can Be Estopped from Complaining about an Error Capable of Rendering a Judgment or Sentence Void. 2. This Court Needs to Decide Whether a Defendant Can Be Estopped from Complaining, after He Enjoyed its Benefits, That His Sentence Was Illegal or Void Because it Was below the Statutory Minimum. 3. This Court Needs to Decide Whether a Defendant's Constitutional Rights Are Violated When a Trial Court Corrects a Clerical Error by Changing a Concurrent Sentence to a Statutorily Mandatory Consecutive Sentence Years after the Defendant Has Begun to Serve the Sentence. 4. This Court Needs to Determine the Legal Effect of Failure to Order a Sentence to Run Consecutively as Ordered by 42.08(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. 5. This Court Needs to Decide Make a Practical Review of the Question of What Amount of Evidence Is Required to Invoke the Mandatory Provisions of Article 42.08(b). |
| PD-1113-07 | Rivas, Carlos | None Citation Unavailable (04-06-0375-CR) |
Appellant's 10/10/07 Bexar / Aggravated Sexual Assault / Indecency w a Child THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FINDING THAT APPELLANT FAILED TO PRESERVE ERROR WITH AN OBJECTION TO "IMPROPER BOLSTERING." |
| PD-1369-05 | Robinson, Elmer | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 01/18/06 Harris / Aggravated Assault 1. The Court of Appeals Erred by Mischaracterizing the Trial Court's Denial of a Pro Se Motion for New Trial Presented by Counsel as a Refusal to Consider a Pro Se Motion. 2. The Court of Appeals Erred by Refusing to Recognize That the Trial Court Had Permitted Hybrid Representation by Ruling on the Motion for New Trial, Thus Subjecting it to Appellate Review on the Merits. |
| PD-0458-07 | Rodriguez, Alfonso R. | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Terry Holmes, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-1482-07 to PD-1489-07 |
Ruffin, Stephen D. | Vol. 15, No. 32 08/20/07 Citation Unavailable CA No. 10-06-0222-CR |
Appellant's 03/19/08 Coryell / Agg. Assault on Peace Officer DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN HOLDING PETITIONER WAS BARRED FROM INTRODUCING MENTAL IMPAIRMENT EVIDENCE WHICH SHOWED THAT HE WAS ONLY GUILTY OF A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE BECAUSE IT BELIEVED THIS COURT INTENDED TO LIMIT SUCH EVIDENCE TO MURDER CASES IN IT'S DECISION IN JACKSON V. STATE? |
| PD-0198-08 | Saavedra, Jose Carmon | None Unpublished CA No. 05-06-1450-CR |
State's 04/09/08 Dallas / Aggravated Sexual Assault IF A TRANSLATOR IS A MERE LANGUAGE-CONDUIT, OR AGENT, FOR THE SPEAKER, SHOULD THE STATEMENTS OF THE TRANSLATOR BE REGARDED AS THE STATEMENTS OF THE SPEAKER THEMSELVES WITHOUT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF HEARSAY? |
| PD-0961-07 | Sanchez, Orlando | Vol. 15, No. 11 03/26/07 Citation Unavailable 13-03-0698) |
State's 10/03/07 McAllen / Murder 1. DOES A TRIAL COURT COMMIT ERROR BY INSTRUCTING THE JURY ON THE STATE'S ALTERNATE THEORY OF MURDER BY A "MANNER AND MEANS TO THE GRAND JURY UNKNOWN" WHERE THE SOLE MEDICAL EXPERT TESTIFIED REPEATEDLY THAT HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE EXACT MANNER AND MEANS OF DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION? 2. WHEN ASSESSING CHARGE ERROR, IS A COURT OF APPEALS FREE TO REWEIGH AND REINTERPRET THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED AT TRIAL? 3. MAY AN APPELLATE COURT USE THE HICKS RULE TO EVALUATE WHETHER A "MANNER AND MEANS UNKNOWN TO THE GRAND JURY" THEORY WAS PROPERLY SUBMITTED TO THE JURY AND, IF SO, HAS THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED THE RULE CORRECTLY? 4. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, CAN AN ERRONEOUSLY SUBMITTED ALTERNATE THEORY BE HARMFUL WHEN THE REVIEWING COURT FINDS THE EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION UNDER ANOTHER SUBMITTED THEORY? |
| PD-1551-07 | Shepherd, Robert Henry | Vol. 15, No. 26 07/09/07 Citation Unavailable No. 14-06-0692-CR |
Appellant's 02/06/08 Harris / Possession of Marihuana IN AN "EMERGENCY DOCTRINE" CASE, A GENUINE CONCERN INVOLVING A THREATENED INJURY TO A PERSON WHO IS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE, MUST EXIST IN ORDER FOR A PEACE OFFICER TO ENTER A HOME WITHOUT A WARRANT. A REVIEW OF THE RECORD IN APPELLANT'S CASE SHOWS ABSOLUTELY NO FACTS OR ANY INJURY TO A PERSON NOR A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO ANY PERSON; THEREBY, MAKING THE OFFICER'S ENTRY, SEARCH ANS SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA THEREIN ILLEGAL. |
| PD-0793-07 | Sheppard, Michael Harvey | None Unpublished (12-06-0259-CR) |
State's 09/12/07 Anderson / Possession of Controlled Substance 1. For the Purpose of Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure Jurisprudence, Does Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. Art. 15.22 Determine the Circumstances That Constitute an "Arrest?" 2. Did the Court of Appeals Err by Concluding That Circumstances That Would Constitute a "Temporary Detention" under Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure Jurisprudence must Be Considered to Be an "Arrest" Because of the Provisions of Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. Art. 15.22? |
| PD-0018-08 | Sierra, Antonio | None Unpublished CA No. 14-06-0528-CR |
State's 03/05/08 Harris / DWI THE COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED THE WRONG LEGAL STANDARD AND ASSUMED INCORRECT FACTS AS THE BASIS FOR HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE DEADLY WEAPON AFFIRMATIVE FINDING WHERE THE COURT REQUIRED DRIVING IN A RECKLESS, THREATENING, CARELESS, OR DANGEROUS MANNER DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE APPELLANT WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND CRITICALLY INJURED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. |
| PD-1575-07 | Sims, Taneesha | None Unpublished No. 01-06-0060-CR |
Appellant's 01/16/08 Harris / Aggravated Assault WHETHER THE STATE CAN ADMIT EVIDENCE OF TRUTHFULNESS BASED UPON A SINGLE ENCOUNTER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THE OPINION AS TO TRUTHFULNESS IS PREDICATED UPON AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 27.08(A) (VERNON 2003) (FALSE REPORT TO PEACE OFFICER) |
| PD-0413-06 | Stokes, Forrest Lee | Vol. 14, No. 7 02/27/06 Citation Unavailable (14-04-0518-CR) |
Appellant's 09/12/07 Harris / Theft 1. The Court of Appeals Erred by Creating a "Presumption of Irregularity" to Justify Ignoring the Trial Court Record Concerning Presentment of Appellant's Motion for New Trial. 2. The Court of Appeals Erred by Misstating its Own Precedent, along with That of the Court of Criminal Appeals to Conclude That a Docket Sheet Entry Reflecting Presentment of Appellant's Motion for New Trial Is Insufficient to Show the Motion Was Actually Presented. 3. The Court of Appeals Erred by Confusing a Written Order Constituting Appealable Error with the Documentation Necessary to Reflect the Threshold Requirement of Presentment of a Motion for New Trial. |
| PD-0757-06 | Stringer, Francis William | Vol. 14, No. 18 05/15/06 Citation Not Available |
Appellant's 10/18/06 Tarrant / Possession of Child Pornography The Court of Appeals Erred in Deciding That When the Appellant Waived His Confrontation and Cross-examination Right in His Guilty Plea Pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure 1.15, He Also Waived it for Purposes of the Sentencing Hearing, and Due to That Supposed Waiver the Court of Appeals Wrongly Rejected the Argument That the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Was Violated When the Trial Court Allowed Testimonial Statements in a Presentence Report Regarding an Unadjudicated Felony. (1 R.R. 6-8) (Presentence Report, P.11) |
| PD-1370-07 | Taylor, Rashik Ali | Vol. 15, No. 32 08/20/07 Citation Unavailable No. 01-05-1183-CR |
Appellant's 11/14/07 Harris / Agg. Sexual Assault ARE STATEMENTS MADE TO A “LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR” ADMISSIBLE UNDER TEXAS RULE OF EVIDENCE 803(4)? |
| PD-0922-07 | Terrell, Don | Vol. 15, No. 21 06/04/07 Citation Unavailable (No. 10-05-0151-CR) |
Appellant's 12/1207 Brazos / Indecency w/ a Child WHETHER THE DUE COURSE OF LAW PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE I SECTION 19 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION PROVIDE GREATER PROTECTIONS TO CITIZENS OF THIS STATE THAN THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND, IF SO, THE APPLICABLE LEGAL STANDARD TO BE APPLIED TO A VIOLATION OF THIS STATE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION. |
| PD-0135-07 | Thompson, John | Vol. 15, No. 1 01/15/07 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 05/02/07 Smith / Theft THE COURT OF APPEALS, IN AFFIRMING PETITIONER'S CONVICTION, ERRED IN FINDING THAT DENYING PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR INSTRUCTED VERDICT WAS HARMLESS ERROR. |
| PD-1574-07 | Tita, Christopher Vomakoyima | Vol. 15, No. 30 08/06/07 Citation Unavailable No. 14-06-0736-CR |
Appellant's 02/06/08 Harris / Theft by a G'vt Contractor ($200,000+) 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE STATE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO PLEAD SUFFICIENT FACTS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE APPLICABLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD BEEN TOLLED, WHERE THE APPELLANT HAD FILED AN APPROPRIATE MOTION TO QUASH. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN REFUSING TO REACH THE MERITS OF THE APPELLANT'S ARGUMENT THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT HIS CONVICTION FOR THEFT, AS A MATTER OF LAW, WHERE THE STATE FAILED TO PROVE THAT THE OFFENSE OCCURRED WITHIN THE APPLICABLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PERIOD. 3. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE APPELLANT WAS REQUIRED TO OBJECT TO THE EVIDENCE BEING INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE APPELLANT'S CONVICTION, WHERE THE STATE FAILED TO PROVE THAT THE APPLICABLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD BEEN TOLLED, AND WHERE THIS COURT HAS NEVER REQUIRED AN OBJECTION TO PRESERVE THE ISSUE OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A CONVICTION. 4. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE APPELLANT HAD FAILED TO CITE IN HIS BRIEF THE PROPER LOCATION IN THE RECORD WHERE HE RAISED THE ISSUE OF LIMITATIONS BEFORE THE JURY, WHERE THE APPELLANT DID IN HIS BRIEF CITE THE COURT OF APPEALS TO THE PROPER LOCATION IN THE RECORD WHERE THE ISSUE HAD BEEN RAISED BEFORE THE JURY, WHERE THE COURT OF APPEALS COULD NOT ON ITS OWN FIND WHERE THE APPELLANT HAD RAISED THE ISSUE BEFORE THE JURY, AND WHERE IN FACT THE APPELLANT DID AT TRIAL, AND CLEARLY ON THE RECORD, RAISE THE ISSUE BEFORE THE JURY |
| PD-0742-07. | Tucker, Marcus Lee | Vol. 15, No. 11 03/26/07 Citation Unavailable No. 13-03-0608-CR |
State's 08/22/07 Harris / Aggravated Assault 1. ASSIGNED JUDGE CHARGES BAIRD AND THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT TO SHOW THAT A DEADLY WEAPON WAS USED DURING THE ASSAULT WHEN THE APPELLANT STABBED HIS WIFE COMPLETELY THROUGH HER ARM AND AGAIN ON HER NECK WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT. 2. THE COURT SHOULD OVERRULE THE PLURALITY OPINION IN COLLIER V. STATE, 999 S.W.2D 779 (TEX. CRIM. APP. 1999), AND HOLD THAT AN APPELLATE COURT MAY REFORM A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION TO A LESSER OFFENSE WHEN THE EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN ONE OF THE AGGRAVATING ELEMENTS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE STATE’S REQUEST FOR AN INSTRUCTION ON THE LESSER OFFENSE. |
| PD-1473-06 | Vasilas, James | Vol. 14, No. 33 03/21/07 Citation Unavailable |
Appellee's 03/21/07 Collin / Tampering w/ Governmental Record Did the Court of Appeals Err in Concluding That the Legislature Intended to Criminalize under Tex. Pen. C. § 37.10(a)(5) the Use of Pleadings and Motions in Civil Cases Containing Allegations Known to Be False When Such Pleadings and Motions Are Already Governed by the More Specific Civil Sanctions Laws in Texas? |
| PD-1615-06 | Vega, Aron Garza | Vol. 14, No. 31 08/07/06 Citation Available |
State's 03/07/07 Hidalgo / Capital Murder - Life Sentence / Aggravated Robbery 1. DID THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY NOT ADDRESSING THE STATE'S ARGUMENT THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS FACTUALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT VEGA'S CAPITAL MURDER CONVICTION AS A PARTY CO-CONSPIRATOR UNDER SECTION 7.02(b) OF THE PENAL CODE? 2. DID THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLY THE STANDARD OF REVIEW IN ITS FINDING OF FACTUAL INSUFFICIENCY UNDER SECTION 7.02(a)(2)? 3. MAY A COURT OF APPEALS BASE A FINDING OF FACTUAL INSUFFICIENCY IN PART ON IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE? 4. SHOULD THE ABSENCE OF DIRECT EVIDENCE OF INTENT TIP THE FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY BALANCING SCALE IN FAVOR OF THE APPELLANT WHERE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND REASONABLE INFERENCES FROM THAT EVIDENCE SUPPORT THE GUILTY VERDICT? |
| PD-1540-07 | Garland Vennus | None Unpublished No. 13-05-0244-CR |
State's 01/16/08 Harris / Possession of Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Deliver 1. THE COURT BELOW ERRONEOUSLY FAILED TO HOLD APPELLANT WAS ESTOPPED FROM COMPLAINING THAT THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY DENYING HIS MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ON THE BASIS THAT THE STATE FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OFFICER GILL HAD REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR APPELLANT'S PROLONGED DETENTION AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP WHERE APPELLANT'S TRIAL COUNSEL'S ACTION IN OBJECTING TO LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ASKED GILL BY THE STATE (A) EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED AND PREVENTED THE STATE FROM SHOWING THE EXISTENCE OF REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR THE PROLONGED DETENTION AND (B) THEREBY CAUSED THE CONDITION APPELLANT CLAIMED AND THE COURT BELOW FOUND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRIAL COURT'S ERRONEOUS SUPPRESSION RULING 2. THE COURT BELOW ERRONEOUSLY DETERMINED THE TRIAL COURT COULD NOT HAVE REASONABLY FOUND THAT (A) APPELLANT WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING AN ILLEGAL TURN AND IMPROPER SIGNALING AND (B) APPELLANT'S PROLONGED DETENTION WAS THEREFORE LAWFUL AS PART OF A SEARCH INCIDENT TO APPELLANT'S ARREST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND ACCORDINGLY ERRONEOUSLY DISREGARDED THE TRIAL COURT'S CASE-DISPOSITIVE IMPLIED FINDING TO THAT EFFECT WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE AND IN ITSELF AUTHORIZED THE TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF APPELLANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE. |
| PD-1836-06 | Villanueva, Armando Quintana | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 02/07/07 Hidalgo / Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus (Art. 11.072, C.Cr.P.) 1. Did Appeals Court Reversibly Err in Finding it Lacked Jurisdiction over this Appeal Which Is Statutorily Authorized by TCrPC art. 11.072, § 8? 3. Did Appeals Court Reversibly Find Trial Court's Order Was Unappealable under TCrPC art. 11.072 (CR148-150: 1/20 order at finding 7) |
| PD-0492-06 | Volosen, Mircea | Vol. 14, No. 7 02/27/06 Citation Not Available |
State's 09/13/06 Tarrant / Animal Cruelty The Court of Appeals Erred in Reversing Appellant’s Cruelty to Animals Conviction on the Basis of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 822.033, Where Appellant Never Demonstrated at Trial That the Statute Had Been Adopted by Tarrant County Voters and Where the Statute, in Fact, Was Not Applicable to Appellant’s Case. |
| PD-1929-06 | Walter, Stephon Lavelle | Vol. 14, No. 46 11/27/06 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 05/02/07 Bowie / Capital Murder - Life Sentence IN DETERMINING THAT AN ACCOMPLICE’S STATEMENT AGAINST PENAL INTEREST MADE TO HIS BROTHER WAS A FIRMLY ROOTED EXCEPTION TO THE HEARSAY RULE AND WAS SUFFICIENTLY SELF-INCULPATORY, THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS’ RELIANCE ON DEWBERRY V. STATE WAS IMPROPER IN LIGHT OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS’ OPINION IN GUIDRY V. STATE AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S OPINION IN LILLY V. VIRGINIA. |
| PD-1952-06 | Walters, John Arlin | None Unpublished |
State's 04/18/07 Hopkins / Murder 1. WAS APPELLANT’S PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTION SUFFICIENTLY SPECIFIC TO PUT THE TRIAL COURT ON NOTICE OF THE PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT APPELLANT WAS REQUESTING TO BE SUBMITTED? 2. WHEN A CHARGE ON SELF-DEFENSE IS GIVEN, IS A DEFENDANT ENTITLED TO A SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION THAT THREATS THE VICTIM MADE TO THE DEFENDANT MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE JURY IN DETERMINING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE DEFENDANT’S FEAR AT THE TIME HE USED DEADLY FORCE? 3. WHEN A RECORDED TELEPHONE CONVERSATION IS ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE, DOES THE RULE OF OPTIONAL COMPLETENESS REQUIRE THE ADMISSION OF ANY OTHER RECORDED TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES? |
| PD-1680-05 | Warner, Craig Jonathan | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 03/01/06 Lampassas / Sexual Offenses 1. The Third Court of Appeals Incorrectly Placed a Burden on Appellant to Show Harm. 2. The Third Court of Appeals Failed to Address the Main Assertions That Supported Appellant’s Claim That the Error in His Case Was Egregious. |
| PD-0519-07 | Wasylina, Anthony | Vol. 15, No. 4 02/05/07 Citation Unavailable (No. 12-05-0263-CR) |
State's 10/03/07 Anderson / Crim. Neg. Homicide 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY REVERSING AND ORDERING AN ACQUITTAL FOR LEGAL INSUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE UNDER A NOVEL STANDARD OF REVIEW ON UNASSIGNED ERROR WITHOUT GIVING THE PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE ISSUE. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS FAILED TO APPLY PENAL CODE § 602(e) IN ITS SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ANALYSIS. 3. THE COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED AN IMPROPER STANDARD OF REVIEW IN ITS DETERMINATION THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A CONVICTION FOR A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. 4. AREVALO V. STATE SHOULD BE OVERRULED. |
| PD-1438-06 | Watkins, Bryan Keith | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 02/28/07 Dallas / Burglary The Court of Appeals Failed to Properly Apply the Batson Standard of Review. |
| PD-0234-07 | Whitehead, Burford Glen | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 05/02/07 Eastland / Bail Jumping 1. WHERE MR. WHITEHEAD'S SENTENCE VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS AS GUARANTEED UNDER THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ARTICLE I, SECTION 13 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, AS IT WAS DISPROPORTIONATE TO HIS CRIME, THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE TRIAL COURT'S IMPOSITION OF THAT SENTENCE. 2. WHERE THE FINDING THAT MR. WHITEHEAD DID NOT HAVE A REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR HIS FAILURE TO APPEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF HIS RELEASE IS FACTUALLY INSUFFICIENT, THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE CONVICTION. |
| PD-0713-07 | Whitehead, Charles David | Vol. 15, No. 11 03/26/07 Citation Unavailable 11-05-0240-CR) |
Appellant's 09/12/07 Eastland / Retaliation Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 30.01 Provides That No Judge or Justice of the Peace May Preside over a Case Where He May Be the Party Injured. Where Petitioner Was Charged with Retaliation Against Joe Tucker, Was Judge Herod Disqualified under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 30.01 from Presiding over the Case, When He May Have Been Injured in the Same Criminal Transaction as That Which Injured Mr. Tucker? |
| PD-0460-07 | Widener, Walter Jr. | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Terry Holmes |
| PD-0470-07 | Williams, Arthur Lee | None Unpublished No. 09-06-0103-CR |
Appellant's 10/31/07 Montgomery / Tampering w/ Physical Evidence 1. THE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH APPELLANT'S KNOWLEDGE THAT A CRACK PIPE WAS EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS. 2. THE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THAT APPELLANT DESTROYED EVIDENCE, SPECIFICALLY A CRACK PIPE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE LAW. |
| PD-04553-07 | Williams, Gabriel | None Unpublished |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in David Woodall, Terry Holmes, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-0446-06 | Williams, Sharon Ann | Vol. 13, No. 41 10/31/05 Citation Unavailable |
Appellant's 12/13/06 Wichita / Injury to a Child Did the Court of Appeals Err in Holding That the Evidence Presented Against Appellant Was Legally and Factually Sufficient to Support a Conviction for Recklessly Causing Serious Bodily Injury to Her Children? |
| PD-1948-06 PD-1949-06 PD-1950-06 |
Williams, Tumar Vising | None Unpublished |
Appellant's 04/18/06 Victoria / Delivery of Controlled Substance THE STATE’S ELECTION TO CONSOLIDATE THE CASES LIMITED THE TRIAL COURT’S AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE SENTENCE IN CAUSE NO. 04-10-21, 270-D TO RUN CONSECUTIVELY IN THE OTHER CASES. |
| PD-0454-07 | Woodall, David | Vol. 15, No. 8 03/05/07 Citation Unavailable |
State's 06/06/07 Harrison / DWI 1. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH-TEST ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 2. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULES APPELLANT'S PRETRIAL MOTION TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE STATE'S EXPERT ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE INTOXILYZER AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, MUST THE APPELLATE RECORD DEMONSTRATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY THE STATE'S EXPERT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IN ORDER FOR APPELLANT TO SHOW THAT THE TRIAL COURT'S PRETRIAL RULING WAS "USED" AGAINST HIM, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE APPELLATE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS REVIEW JURISDICTION? 3. WHERE THE TRIAL COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULES A PRETRIAL MOTION THAT DENIES APPELLANT HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND APPELLANT SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY APPLYING THE HARMLESS-ERROR TEST OF TEX.R.APP.P. 44.2(A)? Ed. Note: See also companion PDRs granted in Terry Holmes, Gabriel Williams, Gabriel Contreras, April Harlow, Alfonso R. Rodriguez, Michael Brice, and Walter Widener, Jr. |
| PD-0861-07 | Wooley, Jason Earl | Vol. 15, No. 18 05/14/07 Citation Unavailable (14-06-0088-CR) |
Appellant's 10/03/07 Harris / Murder 1. THE APPELLATE COURT ERRED IN EXTENDING MALIK AND THE HYPOTHETICALLY CORRECT JURY CHARGE IN REVIEWING A FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY CLAIM. 2. FEDERAL DUE PROCESS WAS VIOLATED WHEN APPELLANT’S CONVICTION WAS AFFIRMED BASED UPON FACTS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE JURY. |
| PD-0546-06 | Wright, Tony Demond | None Unpublished |
State's 09/20/06 Denton / Poss. of C/S 1. Does a Search Violate the Fourth Amendment's Knock-and-Announce Requirement When Police Execute a Warrant Properly Signed by a Magistrate That Incorporates the Affidavit Specifically Requesting No-knock Entry and the No-knock Entry Is Justified by the Circumstances at the Time That the Warrant Is Executed? Does the Court's Opinion Incorrectly State the Majority Opinion in Holding That the Search Exceeded the Scope of the Warrant When Two of Three Justices Wrote That the Warrant Authorized a Search of the Residence? |
| PD-1753-06 | York, Ann Caroline | None Unpublished 14-05-0448-CR |
Appellant's 06/13/07 Harris / DWI 1. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FAILING TO CONSIDER OR ADDRESS ALL OF THE FACTORS ARGUED BY APPELLANT AS REASONS WHY THE INSTRUCTION TO DISREGARD DID NOT CURE THE FLAGRANTLY IMPROPER JURY ARGUMENT. 2. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FINDING THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN FAILING TO GRANT A MISTRIAL WHEN THE DISTINCTION OF PRIOR COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DECISIONS CLAIMED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS ARE DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO OTHER COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DECISIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE SAME AND OTHER COURTS OF APPEALS. |