Case Digests

Howard v. State

Publication Date: 2011-03-09
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Date Filed: 2011-03-09
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.
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Case Number: NO. PD-0521-10

Womack, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.Wielding a rifle and concealing his face with white fabric, the appellant entered a Longview convenience store shortly before 10:00 p.m. o

William Kyle Walters v. the State of Texas

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Date Filed: 2011-12-07
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.,
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Case Number: NO. PD-0064-11,, PD-0065-11

ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEWWomack, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.In September, 2007, a jury found the appellant guilty of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly wea

Wirth v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-22
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Date Filed: 2012-03-21
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.,
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Case Number: PD-1054-11

Cox v. State

Publication Date: 2012-10-25
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Date Filed: 2012-10-24
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.,
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Case Number: NO. PD-1886-11

Womack, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. The issue in this case is whether defense counsel's misstatement in voir dire about the concurrent-sentencing law denied his cl

Lothrop v. State

Publication Date: 2012-05-14
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Date Filed: 2012-05-09
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.,
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Case Number: NO. PD-1489-11

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Meyers, Price, Johnson, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala, JJ., joined. Johnson, J., filed a concurring opinion. Keller, P.J., concurred in

Sanchez v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-15
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Date Filed: 2011-12-14
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J
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Case Number: NO. PD-0086-11

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.A seventeen-count indictment charged the appellant with sexually abusing his step-daughter. The State's outcry witness suffered a l

Salinas v. State

Publication Date: 2012-04-26
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Date Filed: 2012-04-25
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J
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Case Number: NO. PD-0570-11

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Price, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala, JJ., joined. Johnson, J., dissented. Meyers, J., did not partici

Limon v. State

Publication Date: 2011-06-14
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Date Filed: 2011-06-15
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.
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Case Number: PD-1320-10

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Price, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala, JJ., joined. Meyers, J., filed a dissenting opinion.The app

Avery v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-01
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Date Filed: 2012-02-29
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J
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Case Number: NO. PD-0864-11

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.The appellant was convicted of attempting to obtain a controlled substance "through use of a fraudulent prescription f

Grant v. State

Publication Date: 2010-11-18
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Date Filed: 2010-11-17
Court: Tex. Crim. App.
Judge: Womack, J.
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Case Number: PD-1059-09

The appellant, Derrick Dwayne Grant, pled guilty to burglary of a habitation with a deadly weapon. After a jury trial on punishment, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison. The Tenth Court of Appea