• Castillo v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
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    Case Number: 01-18-00284-CR

    Appellant challenged his judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child, contending the trial court's: (1) application of mandatory-minimum and parole-ineligibility statutes violated his constitutional guarantees against conviction for ex post facto crimes; (2) admission into evidence of a recording of the complainant's forensic interview and the testimony of the complainant's stepsister that he also sexually abused her was an abuse of discretion; and (3) exclusion from evidence of letters written to hi

  • Flores v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-18-00260-CR

    Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the solicitation of capital murder and was sentenced to 12 years' confinement and fined $10,000.