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…
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Kelly v. State (Unpublished Memo): In a murder-for-hire case, a partial confession was admissible because it was made in a non-custodial interrogation.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…
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…
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…
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.…
Fuller v. State (Unpublished Memo): When an accused molester has been cut off from his own grandchildren, asking the jury to “draw inferences from that” gets…
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…
Ex parte Hardwick (Unpublished memo): After a 19-year-old Hardwick pled guilty to a DWI, his grandmother fired his attorney and got him a new one.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…
Ex parte McAndrew (Unpublished Memo): McAndrew was convicted of assaulting his ex-wife’s new hubby during a visitation exchange (McAndrew and his ex have a daughter).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…
Wheeler v. State (Unpublished Memo): The evidence showed that a cracked-up Wheeler delivered a horrible beating to his pregnant wife.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,…