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Chief Justice Worthen

The State knows when it knows it knows.

Posted on January 23, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

TxDOT v. Anderson et al. (Published): To show that the State of Texas had actual notice of a claim, you’ve got to put your hands on State…

Criminal Law

Murder for Hire (the premeditated, ruthless kind)

Posted on January 23, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Kelly v. State (Unpublished Memo): In a murder-for-hire case, a partial confession was admissible because it was made in a non-custodial interrogation.  Also, law enforcement’s public…

Chief Justice Worthen

Appeal before answer?

Posted on January 23, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

In re Moore and Newsome (Published): It’ not often you see a case in the court of appeals before an answer has been filed.  But it…

Business Law

Pushing the jurisdictional envelope.

Posted on January 16, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Triple SSS Aviation v. Adkison (Published Memo):  Adkison, a Rusk County lawyer, sued in Rusk County to collect the escrow when a deal to sell his 1981…

Case o' the Year Contender

And a sigh of relief went up across the land …

Posted on January 9, 2008February 17, 2020 by admin

Crosby v. Dixon, et al. (Published Memo): Prisoner civil rights suits can be dismissed without a hearing. This is a matter of separating the wheat from the chaff.…

Jury Argument

Stating the obvious without actually stating it:

Posted on January 9, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

Fuller v. State (Unpublished Memo): When an accused molester has been cut off from his own grandchildren, asking the jury to “draw inferences from that” gets…

Justice Griffith

Bond, $100,000 Bond …

Posted on January 2, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

In re Rusk Energy (Published): Trial court allowed a gas well to be drilled, but required a $100,000 bond to compensate the surface owner for damages…

Chief Justice Worthen

Accurate to within 5% …

Posted on January 2, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Ex parte Hardwick (Unpublished memo): After a 19-year-old Hardwick pled guilty to a DWI, his grandmother fired his attorney and got him a new one.  The…

Criminal Law

He should have made me a silk purse …

Posted on January 2, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Ex parte McAndrew (Unpublished Memo): McAndrew was convicted of assaulting his ex-wife’s new hubby during a visitation exchange (McAndrew and his ex have a daughter).  McAndrew…

Criminal Law

No title for this one.

Posted on January 2, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

Wheeler v. State (Unpublished Memo): The evidence showed that a cracked-up Wheeler delivered a horrible beating to his pregnant wife.  Wheeler appealed on the grounds that,…

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