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DIAMOND, LESLY

02/13/2019

“Did the court of appeals fail to apply to the standard of review correctly in conducting its Brady analysis?”

FOREMAN, NATHAN

1.  “The Fourteenth Court erred by holding that a magistrate could not infer from the warrant affidavit that an auto body shop would have a surveillance system. The Fourteenth Court held that before a magistrate could consider common knowledge, the matter must be ‘beyond dispute,’ a civil standar...

METCALF, LYDIA

02/06/2019

“Whether the court of appeals erred by striking down the verdict of the jury that Metcalf was guilty as a party to the sexual assault of her daughter, 1.   by conflating the requirements of subsections 7.02(a)(2) and 7.02(a)(3) of the Texas Penal Code and thus imposing upon the State an additiona...

WORK, SYDNEY

01/30/2019

1.  “The Court of Appeals erred when it held that prior possession and use of contraband may be admitted to prove knowledge of contraband and intent to possess contraband under Rules 403 and 404(b) of the Texas Rules of Evidence.” 2.   “The Court of Appeals erred when it held that prior possessio...

MUSA-VALLE, JOSÉ

01/09/2019

1. “Did the court of appeals err by failing to recognize municipalities’ authority, granted pursuant to the doctrine of home-rule cities and by Texas Penal Code § 42.12(d), to ban the discharge of firearms?” 2. “Did the lower court err by holding the San Antonio Ordinance should be construed as a...

WILLIAMS, JAMES

01/09/2019

1. “The trial court’s order correcting its prior judgment was signed while the trial court retained plenary power. Although labeled as a ‘Nunc Pro Tunc Order,’ the court of appeals concluded that the order was merely a modification of the judgment and not an order ‘nunc pro tunc.’ The court of ap...

ALLEN, RUBEN LEE

12/12/2018

APPELLANT’S “Whether the First Court of Appeals erred when it misinterpreted Peraza v. State, 467 S.W.3d 508 (Tex. Crim. App. 2015) and failed to apply Salinas v. State, 523 S.W.3d 103 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017) in determining that the summoning witness/mileage fee under Texas Code of Criminal Proced...

CURRY, STEVEN

12/12/2018

1. “The court of appeals erred in determining that the evidence was sufficient to support Appellant’s conviction for accident involving injury–failure to stop and render aid.”  2.  “The court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s refusal to give jury instruction on mistake of fact.”