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PINCKNEY v. COMMONWEALTH
On appeal from his convictions of capital murder, robbery, and related firearm offenses, Xavier Jammal Pinckney contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his statements and evidence obtained based upon those statements.
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
HENDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH
Terrance Robert Henderson ("Henderson") appealed the result of his probation revocation hearing and assigned as error that the trial court "violated [his] right of confrontation by admitting . . . hearsay testimony." In an opinion published on June 21,
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
LTTS CHARTER SCHOOL, INC. v. PALASOTA
Palasota, a commercial real estate broker, filed this lawsuit on September 29, 2005. In his live petition at the time of the challenged order, Palasota alleged that in approximately April 2004, Universal Academy approached him regarding the possibility
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
BUSSEY v. STATE
On appeal, she argues that (1) the trial court erred by failing to submit her special plea of double jeopardy to the jury, (2) the trial court erred by limiting her cross-examination of a State's witness, and (3) the evidence is insufficient to
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
ROSEMOND v. AL-LAHIQ
In a health care liability case, the plaintiff appeals an order in which the trial court sustained the defendant doctor's objections to the sufficiency of the plaintiff's expert report, denied the plaintiff's request for a thirty-day extension to cure
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
DARNELL v. STATE
A jury convicted appellant Lashawn Monique Darnell of assault causing bodily injury, and the trial court sentenced her to one year in jail, probated for 24 months, and assessed a $1000 fine. Appellant challenges her conviction in two issues,
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:36A
IN RE PATTON
Billy Joe Patton filed a petition for bill of review 1 in the 8th Judicial District Court of Hopkins County, Texas. When he received no response, Patton filed this petition for writ of mandamus seeking an order compelling the trial judge to answer his
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:35A
IN RE AYERS
Relator complains that respondent, the Honorable Shawna L. Reagin, presiding judge of the 176th District Court of Harris County, has failed to rule on his "Objection to State Excluding Relevant DNA Evidence with Order for Testing," filed in the trial
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:35A
CUNNINGHAM v. CITY OF SAVANNAH
The trial court found that the heart attack began on March 2, and the employer appealed. On appeal, 1 the employer contends that the trial court erred in finding that the statutory presumption had not been overcome, erred in concluding that employee's
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:35A
HARRIS v. SEXTON
He contends that the conviction is void because of a defective indictment and that the trial judge should have recused himself. The State has moved this court to affirm the trial court's denial of relief by memorandum opinion pursuant to Rule 20 of the
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:35A
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