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…
Category: Civil Rights
On July 25th, the Supreme Court of Texas issued five identical decisions indicating that it would hold off on deciding the constitutionality of a provision…
Chapman v. TDCJ-ID (Published Memo): An inmate on a work detail fell from a ladder. He sues, alleging improper supervision, and a defect in the ladder…
Bailey v. State (Unpublished Memo): Evocative, provocative, loaded with death. A reproach, but not a relic. Yet sometimes, a source of justice. Bailey is an African-American. There…
Harris v. State (Unpublished Memo): It’s tampering with evidence if there’s an investigation underway, or you know you committed a crime. Harris was riding his bike…
Crocker v. State (Published): Since 2005, DWIs from as far back as records can be found can be used to enhance the sentence of a new…
A blogger just pointed out a factual error in a Supreme Court decision, Kennedy v. Louisiana.. The Supreme Court recently said that it would be cruel…
There’s only one Tyler case in this week’s orders from the Texas Supreme Court. It’s a denial of the petition for review in Geiger v. Williams. Geiger is prisoner’s civil rights suit…
Thompson v. State (Unpublished Memo): As the United States Supreme Court was holding that the death penalty for child rape is cruel and unusual punishment, the Tyler court…
Archer v. TDCJ-ID, et al. (Published Memo): On January 9, 2008, the Tyler court issued the Crosby decision. It held that inmate civil right suits could be dismissed without a…