In the matter of RR (Published Memo): Juvenile conviction for negligent homicide affirmed. A fourteen year old was driving two of his friends in his dad’s Suburban…
Category: Justice Hoyle
Cullum v. State (Unpublished Memo): DWI conviction appealed on grounds that the officer had no reason to make a stop in the first place. In a…
Gipson v. State (Unpublished Memo): This is the companion piece to the Skinner case. Gipson was convicted of helping Skinner and Skinner’s common-law wife steal copper in Angelina…
Stricker v. State (Unpublished Memo): Robbery met “aggravated” threshold because the victim was 65 or older. Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 29.02(a)(2), 29.03(a)(3)(A). As a result, Stricker’s…
Barnes v. State (Unpublished Memo): Victim of domestic violence was wishy-washy, but his testimony, together with that of law enforcement, supports a conviction for aggravated assault…
Thompson v. State (Unpublished Memo): As the United States Supreme Court was holding that the death penalty for child rape is cruel and unusual punishment, the Tyler court…
In re Frost (Published Memo): The Tyler court reinstates a trial attorney who had been disqualified by the trial court. In a heated divorce case, the…
Freeman v. State (Unpublished Memo): Nothing unusual in the basics: Freeman appeals on grounds that he didn’t personally hand the drugs to the informant. Instead, the…
Stoker v. Stoker (Published Memo): Under the abuse of discretion standard, a court of appeals defers to the trial court’s assesment of the evidence. But there…
Hodges v. State (Memorandum, Unpublished): Hodges went into his neighbor’s house, chased her out, and then assaulted her. He was convicted of burglary of a habitation…