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  • Sabella v. The State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
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    Case Number: 06-18-00168-CR

    In a single issue, appellant challenged the revocation of his deferred adjudication community supervision contending that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to a positive drug-test result introduced by the state during the revocation hearing on Confrontation Clause grounds.

  • State Of Texas v. Salerno

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-16-00216-CR

    Appellee was cited for speeding and for failure to properly restrain a child passenger.

  • USA v. Dinh

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Elrod
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    Case Number: 18-10099

    Appellant pled guilty to distributing a large volume of pills containing Fentanyl analogues.

  • USA v. Figueroa Coello

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 18-50254

    Appellant, a citizen of both Honduras and Mexico with a criminal history, pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States.

  • Turner v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
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    Case Number: 07-17-00460-CR

    Appellant, Turner, challenged his two jury convictions for the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the trial court imposed concurrent sentences of forty-five years.

  • Figueredo v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
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    Case Number: 07-17-00334-CR

    Following a bench trial, appellant was convicted of two counts of third-degree felony offenses of bail jumping and sentenced, with the sentences to be served concurrently.

  • Castillo v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    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 that the trial court's: (1) application of mandatory-minimum and parole statutes violated his constitutional guarantees against conviction for ex post facto crimes; (2) admission into evidence of a recording of 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 letters written to him by the complai

  • Prestiano v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
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    Case Number: 01-17-00763-CR

    In three issues, appellant challenged three judgments of conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than six years old, contending: (1) as to the third count in the indictment only, the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain his conviction, in which the state alleged that he penetrated the child's mouth with his penis; (2) the trial court erred in overruling his hearsay objection to a picture of sex toys drawn by the child during therapy; and (3) his trial lawyer rendered ineffective assistance by not lodging a h

  • State Of Texas v. Cabral Tapia

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Quinn
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    Case Number: 07-18-00252-CR

    A trooper stopped appellee after witnessing miscellaneous traffic violations and, after smelling alcohol, he administered a horizontal gaze nystagmus test.

  • Ex Parte Patricio Estrada

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Higley
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    Case Number: 01-18-00792-CR

    Appellant challenged the trial court's order denying his pro se application for a pretrial writ of habeas corpus, filed under article 11.08 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and contended that he was entitled to immediate release from custody on five grounds: (1) a violation of the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause; (2) a Sixth Amendment violation for ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) a violation of the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause; (4) vindictive prosecution; and (5) a Sixth Amendment violation of the Speedy Tr