Hack v. State (Unpublished Memo): A wrinkle in the habitual offender law. Hack was charged with sexual assault of a minor, which carries a two to…
Category: Smith County
Avila v. State (Published): In some Spanish-speaking countries, a “notario” is a legal advocate. Playing on this, some notaries in Texas (and elsewhere) have taken up…
Hickman v. State (Unpublished Memo): The range for sexual assault of a child is two to twenty years with up to a $10,000 fine. The sentence…
Jones v. State (Unpublished Memo): Facing a state jail felony cocaine possession charge, the defendant pled guilty, but decided to represent himself as sentencing was put…
Sembera v. PetroFac (Published): Tyler’s PetroFac, in its S-Corp form, vanished when its shares were exchanged for shares in a new “Limited” PetroFac corporation. An S-Corp…
Toliver v. State (Unpublished Memo): First degree felony crack-dealing conviction resulting in life sentence is affirmed because inadmissible prior crack deals either weren’t objected to, or…
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Ingram v. State (Unpublished Memo): Motion to suppress denied at trial, denial affirmed on appeal.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.…