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MARTINEZ v. STATE
After accepting appellant's guilty plea, the trial court sentenced him to confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of six years. We dismiss the appeal. Appellant's court-appointed counsel has
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
ERNST v. STATE
1 After appellant pleaded true to the enhancement paragraph regarding a previous felony conviction of indecency with a child, the trial court sentenced him to a life sentence in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
IN THE INTEREST OF J.S.
Appellant P. appeals the trial court's judgment terminating her parental rights to her daughter, JS The trial court found that there was clear and convincing evidence that P. had endangered and constructively abandoned JS and that P. had failed to
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
BARNES v. STATE
Petitioner, Rhynuia L. Barnes, appeals the trial court's summary dismissal of his petition for writ of error coram nobis. In the petition he contends that in a letter purportedly written by his now deceased father, his father confessed to the murder
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
SANDERS v. SANDERS
The trial court authorized substituted service by leaving a copy of the citation and divorce petition taped to the front entrance of the home Mark and Saundra still shared at the time Mark filed for divorce. Although a process server's affidavit states
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
STATE v. JEFFERSON
1 A Shelby County Criminal Court jury convicted the appellant, Devin Jefferson, of first degree felony murder committed during the perpetration of attempted robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to life. On appeal, the appellant contends that the
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
STATE OF FRANKLIN BANK v. RIGGS
Husband, Wife, and Preston Park (collectively "the Defendants") filed a motion for a new trial or to set aside the default judgment. The trial court granted the motion, in part, holding that Wife was not liable for one of the counts in the judgment
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
STATE v. MARTINEZ
On appeal, Defendant raises the following issues: (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction; (2) the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment and/or suppress all evidence seized because the agents who stopped
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
Sanader's trial postponed over heart problems
The first hearing in a case against former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has ended abruptly after medical issues prevented the defendant from standing trial, news website Monitor writes. The hearing was postponed until next week after the court was told
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
Second juror discharged in trial
The trial, which began in July, was halted briefly in September when the first member of the jury was discharged. The latest investigation by the court caused a delay in the presentation of prosecution evidence. Five men who were put on trial in 1989
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:33P
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