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RATLIFF, KEVIN

01/27/2021

“The Court of Appeals Erred to Find that the Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain the Convictions Entered in the Instant Case”

OLIVER, ROY

01/14/2021

“When the prosecuting authority is in possession of an immunized statement, does the State bear the burden to demonstrate that the statement was not “used” in any way by the prosecution?”

ANASTASSOV, STOYAN K.

01/13/2021

“Should concurrent fines be discharged concurrently like concurrent terms of confinement?”

BALTIMORE, IJAH IWASEY

01/13/2021

“Must the State offer proof of the parameters of a licensed premises to secure a conviction for unlawful carrying of a weapon on a licensed premises?”

INTHALANGSY, SANTHY

01/13/2021

1. “The Fourteen Court of Appeals misapplied Texas Rules of Evidence 401 and 402 by disregarding evidence connecting Appellant to Cassie’s murder and, thus, erroneously concluding that the extraneous-offense evidence of Cassie’s murder was irrelevant.” 2. “The Fourteenth Court of Appeals erred by...

RUFFINS, ANTHONY

01/13/2021

1.  “If the testimony from an alleged accomplice witness-in-fact is completely removed from consideration, where the jury charge contained two accomplice witness instructions—one clearly correct regarding the accomplice as a matter of law—and there was substantial non-accomplice evidence to corro...

HERNANDEZ, ROBERTO

12/16/2020

(1) Is indecency by touching the victim’s sexual organ a lesser-included offense of penetrating the child’s mouth with the defendant’s sexual organ if the former is the defendant’s version of the incident? (2) For indecency by contact to be a lesser of aggravated sexual assault, must the act on w...

SPILLMAN, DAVID EARL

“Whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support Petitioner’s convictions for two assault[s] on a Public Servant[.]”