Ingram v. State (Unpublished Memo): Motion to suppress denied at trial, denial affirmed on appeal.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…
Category: Justice Griffith
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…
In re Burrow II: (Unpublished Memo): Burrow’s pro se mandamus petition is denied because the record shows that he has counsel. Burrow’s mandamus petition was before the Tyler…
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…
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…
Fuller v. State (Unpublished Memo): When an accused molester has been cut off from his own grandchildren, asking the jury to “draw inferences from that” gets…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Ex parte McAndrew (Unpublished Memo): McAndrew was convicted of assaulting his ex-wife’s new hubby during a visitation exchange (McAndrew and his ex have a daughter).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Wheeler v. State (Unpublished Memo): The evidence showed that a cracked-up Wheeler delivered a horrible beating to his pregnant wife.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,…
Gibbs v. State (Unpublished Memo): Silence and “no objection” are different things. Gibbs filed a motion to suppress some drug-related evidence prior to trial. Having obtained…