Delaney v. State (Unpublished Memo): Life sentence for robbery reversed for resentencing. Delaney had originally received deferred adjudication for an aggravated robbery charge. He violated the…
Category: Criminal Law
Kelley v. State (Unpublished Memo): Kelley contends that his 25 year sentence for aggravated robbery was based on improper evidence that his attorney didn’t object to. …
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…
The Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled today in Rothgery v. Gillespie County (07-440). At issue was whether the right to appointed counsel attaches…
Ingram v. State (Published): Ingram was convicted of burglary of a habitation. Based on a prior burglary conviction, his punishment range was enhanced, and he was…
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…
Weir v. State (Unpublished Memo): This is the companion case to Kelly v. State. Kelly dealt with the wife who put out a “contract” for her husband’s murder. Weir…
Cullum v. State (Unpublished Memo): DWI conviction appealed on grounds that the officer had no reason to make a stop in the first place.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…
Osborn v. State (Unpublished Memo): A jury had the option to give Osborn a life sentence. Since Osborn had one to four grams of cocaine within…
Johnson v. State (Unpublished Memo): Robbery conviction affirmed. Prospective juror’s brother worked at the store that was robbed (a Brookshire Bros. grocery store in Lufkin), but…