Purvis v. State (Unpublished Memo): Purvis was convicted of possessing 21 rocks of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.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: Criminal Law
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…
Mor3ris v. State (Unpublished Memo): Intoxication manslaughter conviction affirmed. Morris and his passenger left the El Greco club in Kilgore at 12:30 a.m. They headed towards Tyler on…
Morris v. State (Unpublished Memo): Morris got deferred adjudication community supervision on a theft charge. Roughly a year and a half into it, Morris blew off…
Hurst v. State (Unpublished Memo): A woman let one of her teenaged daughter’s friends sit on the front “ranch hand” bumper of a pickup truck as…
Webb v. State (Unpublished Memo): Webb complains that the trial court didn’t even consider her application for probation of a felony marijuana possession charge. If Webb’s…
Bailey v. State (Unpublished Memo): Evocative, provocative, loaded with death.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…
Christopher v. State (Unpublished Memo): What county has venue when an officer feels something as he pats a suspect down, but doesn’t conduct a strip search…
Harris v. State (Unpublished Memo): It’s tampering with evidence if there’s an investigation underway, or you know you committed a crime.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…
Jones v. State (Unpublished Memo): Jones was beating the female passenger in his vehicle as he drove along US 69 outside of Tyler. Another motorist heard her…