Sawyer v. State (Unpublished Memo): Sawyer, a student at SFA, was convicted of felony stalking of a fellow SFA student. Sawyer claimed he had no idea his…
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State for the Protection and Best Interest of EG (Published): Statements in a civil application to compel an incompetent criminal defendant to take his meds aren’t…
Hole v. State (Unpublished Memo): When there’s no objection at trial, a party claiming his counsel had a conflict of interest must show that the conflict…
Goshen v. State (Unpublished Memo): This case points out the “Vannortrick Gap.” Before accepting a plea, trial courts are supposed to let defendants know about the…
Patrick v. State (Unpublished Memo): Patrick took ten years of deferred adjudication for burglary of a habitation. Then she went out and violated the terms of her…
In re GM (Published): In a product liability case involving an S-10 pickup fire, the plaintiffs sought GM’s S-10 documents at all points in time, as…
In re State (Published): The State brought a mandamus to disqualify defense counsel. The same defense counsel represented two allegedly drunken drag racers A and B. There’s a potential…
Ingram v. State (Unpublished Memo): Motion to suppress denied at trial, denial affirmed on appeal. A multi-step traffic stop eventually leads to discovery of cocaine in…
Edmonds v. Gray & In re Edmonds (Published Memo): Appointment of a receiver is within the trial court’s judgment enforcement power. Divorce decree provided that a Lake Tyler…
Arroyo v. State (Published): Two key points in this murder case, and an instance of a defendant curing the State’s erroneous questions with his own overly broad efforts to respond.…