Texas Capitol

Search Petitions, Briefs and Summaries

Petition filed by SPA icon denotes a petition filled by SPA

ESPINOSA, JENNIFER AILEENE

08/24/2022

“Does an officer have probable cause to arrest a person passed out in a moving lane of traffic, with the engine running, coupled with several signs of intoxication, for DWI, despite no one visibly seeing that person driving?”

BECERRA, JOE LUIS

07/27/2022

1.  “Art. 36.22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides no person shall be permitted to be with a jury while it is deliberating. The petit juror affidavit admitted in Becerra’s Motion for New Trial hearing established the alternate juror was present and participated in deliberations and voted ...

HARO, RUBEN ORTIZ

07/27/2022

“The court of appeals ignored established multiple-punishments law by refusing to review a record that shows multiple potential units of prosecution on its face.”

HARO, RUBEN ORTIZ

07/27/2022

“The court of appeals ignored established multiple-punishments law by refusing to review a record that shows multiple potential units of prosecution on its face.”

INMAN, CALLIE RENEE

07/27/2022

“The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that the Confrontation Clause does not apply in revocation proceedings because it relied on precedent predating, and/or at odds with, this Court’s jurisprudence as elucidated in Ex Parte Doan.”

TUAN THANH PHAM, EX PARTE

06/29/2022

ON COURT’S OWN MOTION1. “Whether Appellee voluntarily waived his right to counsel.” 2. “Whether Appellee clearly and unequivocally asserted his right to self-representation.” 3. “Whether the trial court violated Art. 1.051, subsections (f-2) and (g), of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.”

DELAROSA, FRANCISCO JR.

06/22/2022

1. “Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that the evidence was sufficient to convict Delarosa of Sexual Assault? a. Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that minority is a mental defect rendering consent invalid for the purposes of Sexual Assault? b. Did the Court of Appeals err in finding ...

MASSEY, JAMES

06/22/2022

(1) “When a defendant commits a new offense immediately following an illegal search or seizure, does the new offense cease to be an intervening circumstance attenuating taint unless it is violent and/or unforeseen?” (2) “Is an officer in a public place not in a ‘lawful place’ under a plain view a...