Sieber v. Carson and Brookshire Grocery Company (Published Memo): If you are forty or over when you get hired, it’s presumed that there’s no age discrimination…
Category: Chief Justice Worthen
In the best interest and protection of R.M. (Published Memo): Civil commitment case under Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 574.034(a) (Vernon 2003). R.M. …
In the best interest and protection of B.L. (Published Memo): Another case where a defendant declared incompetent to stand trial refuses the medication that could…
Mor3ris v. State (Unpublished Memo): Intoxication manslaughter conviction affirmed. Morris and his passenger left the El Greco club in Kilgore at 12:30 a.m. They headed towards Tyler on…
Tyler v. Crawford (Published Memo): Under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1, the court reporter’s ten day deadline to challenge a party’s affidavit of inability to pay…
In re Tieri (Published): A two front custody battle. On the one hand, there’s New Jersey where the couple and the children lived for most of…
Hurst v. State (Unpublished Memo): A woman let one of her teenaged daughter’s friends sit on the front “ranch hand” bumper of a pickup truck as…
Harris v. State (Unpublished Memo): It’s tampering with evidence if there’s an investigation underway, or you know you committed a crime. Harris was riding his bike…
Johnson & Johnson v. Connor & Connor (Published): The Johnsons intended to reserve the minerals in 40 acres they were selling. Two years after they deeded the property…
Crabtree v. State (Unpublished Memo): Crabtree was surprised when the trial court sentenced her to two years of prison for criminally negligent homicide. The Tyler court…