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SWAING v. STATE
Appellant entered a plea of guilty, and on January 4, 2011, the trial court sentenced appellant to five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), but suspended his sentence and placed him on community supervision for seven years.
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
BONNER v. BONNER
Appellant John Bonner, Jr. appeals from the trial court's property division and the award of maintenance to appellee Georgia Bonner in the parties' final decree of divorce. We affirm the trial court's judgment. Georgia filed a petition for divorce,
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
WILLIAMS v. STATE
On January 31, 2011, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for forty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in each case, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Appellant filed a timely
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
DE ASES v. YZNAGA
Appellant, Albert De Ases Jr., appearing pro se both in the trial court and here, argues that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for new trial. He also urges that the trial court did not properly address his request for discovery,
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
CITY OF HOUSTON v. COOPER
In this interlocutory appeal, the City of Houston appeals from the trial court's order denying its plea to the jurisdiction on the negligence claims of appellees, Joshua Cooper, Henry Kandeh, and Wesley Allen. 1 We affirm. Appellees simultaneously sued
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
ELMORE v. STATE
After receiving evidence pertaining to guilt and punishment, the trial court found appellant guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and assessed his punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
STATE v. MARLIN
The trial court merged the especially aggravated burglary convictions. The court sentenced the Defendant as a Range II, multiple offender to twenty years each for the especially aggravated burglary convictions and the aggravated robbery conviction,
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. v. SOUTHERN SECURITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Appellant, the second mortgage holder on the subject property, appeals the trial court's determination that Appellee held a valid first mortgage on the property, when Appellee's mortgage was taken under a deed of trust that contained a scrivener's
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
COMMONWEALTH v. $15000 U.S. CURRENCY
Dalayna Williams (Williams) appeals the April 4, 2011 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court), which granted the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's (Commonwealth) petition for forfeiture of Williams' claim of right, title,
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
In Ninth Circuit, whistleblowers not exempt from confidentiality agreements
The trial court dismissed both of Ms. Cafasso's arguments. It found that damages were established by the stipulated damages clause in the General Dynamics confidentiality agreement. After reviewing the parties' competing legal arguments, the trial
Updated: 11/18/2011 07:29A
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