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Emptiness

Posted on August 19, 2008February 19, 2020 by admin

Hurst v. State (Unpublished Memo): A woman let one of her teenaged daughter’s friends sit on the front “ranch hand” bumper of a pickup truck as…

Criminal Law

Nobody took him seriously …

Posted on June 12, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Weir v. State (Unpublished Memo): This is the companion case to Kelly v. State.  Kelly dealt with the wife who put out a “contract” for her husband’s murder.  Weir…

Criminal Law

Must have been a really bad day (or two).

Posted on June 1, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Blanton v, State (Unpublished Memo): Burglary of a habitation conviction affirmed because Blanton only presented the Reporter’s Record from the first day of a three day…

Chief Justice Worthen

Pleadings requirement in termination appeals.

Posted on March 26, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

In the Interest of TB and JW (Published): This short opinion was most likely published as a word to the wise: If you are appealing the…

Chief Justice Worthen

I just told her I loved her. And her. And her.

Posted on March 19, 2008February 21, 2020 by admin

Sawyer v. State (Unpublished Memo): Sawyer, a student at SFA, was convicted of felony stalking of a fellow SFA student.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…

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Kelly v. State (Unpublished Memo): In a murder-for-hire case, a partial confession was admissible because it was made in a non-custodial interrogation.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

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Ex parte Hardwick (Unpublished memo): After a 19-year-old Hardwick pled guilty to a DWI, his grandmother fired his attorney and got him a new one.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

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