Purvis v. State (Unpublished Memo): Purvis was convicted of possessing 21 rocks of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. Purvis says he didn’t have the cocaine…
Category: Evidence
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…
DeGrate v. Executive Imprints (Published) No evidence summary judgment affirmed in negligence and design defect case over exploding candle. The precedential value of this case is…
Morales v. Dougherty and Mabe, dba Top Gun Trucking (Published Memo): Here’s one for the personal injury practitioners. Truck wreck case upholding the submission of a sudden emergency…
Hurst v. State (Unpublished Memo): A woman let one of her teenaged daughter’s friends sit on the front “ranch hand” bumper of a pickup truck as…
Christopher v. State (Unpublished Memo): What county has venue when an officer feels something as he pats a suspect down, but doesn’t conduct a strip search…
Hohn v. Hohn (Published): Divorce dispute over what counts as the present value of the husband’s interest in a partnership, and what counts as the husband’s…
Hall v. State (Unpublished Memo): DWI conviction challenged on grounds that the officer who administered the horizontal gaze nystagmus test to Hall wasn’t an expert in its use. …
Samet v. State (Unpublished Memo): A third grader testifies to a sexual assault that occurred when he was just about four years old. The defense strategy:…
Defense counsel for the third defendant in a child sex ring case in Tyler has filed a motion to transfer venue. The first two defendants had been convicted…