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BRYANT v. STATE
On February 23, 2010, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 16 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal. Appellant's appointed counsel filed a brief in
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
TRUJILLO v. STATE
Based on appellant's plea and the evidence presented, the trial court found appellant guilty and sentenced him to a term of twenty years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant timely perfected this appeal,
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION v. WHITE
Washington Mutual also appeals the trial court's sua sponte order of dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of its abuse of process counterclaim. We affirm the judgment of the trial court, in part, and reverse and remand, in part. In 1997, White purchased
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
DOWLATSHAHI v. STATE
On February 22, 2011, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for one year in the county jail and assessed a $4000 fine. The trial court suspended appellant's sentence and placed her on community supervision for two years. In a single issue,
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
Murder 'part of Black's pattern'
Jennifer Cardy's murder was part of a "deviant and gross" pattern of violent sexually motivated crimes carried out by Robert Black, his trial has heard. The prosecution told Armagh Crown Court he would have carried on killing little girls had he not
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
NOBLES v. STATE
The trial court placed Nobles on deferred adjudication community supervision for a term of three years and assessed a $500.00 fine. The State then filed a motion to revoke alleging that Nobles had violated five conditions of her community supervision.
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
MANSFIELD v. MORVANT
By one issue, appellants contend that the trial court "erred in denying [their] motion for new trial as the evidence was factually insufficient to support a zero finding by the jury as to Mansfield's physical pain and mental anguish in the past;
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI v. MALDONADO
In this accelerated appeal, the City of Corpus Christi (the "City") appeals the trial court's order granting appellees JD Maldonado, Gabriel Vega, Timothy Wells, Brian White, and Denise White (the "Merchants") a temporary injunction that prevents the
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
VELANDIA v. CONTRERAS
In this accelerated, interlocutory appeal, appellant Luz Velandia, DMD, individually and d/b/a Amigos Dental, contends the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion to dismiss appellee Carlos Contreras's healthcare-liability claims
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
STATE v. NANCE
A probation violation warrant was issued, and, after a hearing, the trial court revoked the Defendant's probation, finding that she had violated the terms of her probation. The court ordered her to serve sixty days of her sentence in confinement,
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:41A
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