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  • In Re Carolina Mayorga

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, El Paso Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-17-00158-CV

    Relator was found guilty of contempt for her failure to turn over her minor child to non-party in accordance with the district courts temporary orders. Relator set forth affirmative defenses alleging she should not be held in contempt because the child had made an outcry of sexual abuse and she had been instructed by law enforcement officers to not turn over the child. The trial court found relator guilty of two counts of contempt and ordered her to serve fifteen days in jail for each count, consecutively.

  • Ford v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, El Paso Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-14-00211-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The trial court found both enhancement paragraphs true and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for twenty-five years.