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HARO, RUBEN ORTIZ

07/27/2022

“The court of appeals ignored established multiple-punishments law by refusing to review a record that shows multiple potential units of prosecution on its face.”

INMAN, CALLIE RENEE

07/27/2022

“The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that the Confrontation Clause does not apply in revocation proceedings because it relied on precedent predating, and/or at odds with, this Court’s jurisprudence as elucidated in Ex Parte Doan.”

TUAN THANH PHAM, EX PARTE

06/29/2022

ON COURT’S OWN MOTION1. “Whether Appellee voluntarily waived his right to counsel.” 2. “Whether Appellee clearly and unequivocally asserted his right to self-representation.” 3. “Whether the trial court violated Art. 1.051, subsections (f-2) and (g), of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.”

DELAROSA, FRANCISCO JR.

06/22/2022

1. “Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that the evidence was sufficient to convict Delarosa of Sexual Assault? a. Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that minority is a mental defect rendering consent invalid for the purposes of Sexual Assault? b. Did the Court of Appeals err in finding ...

MASSEY, JAMES

06/22/2022

(1) “When a defendant commits a new offense immediately following an illegal search or seizure, does the new offense cease to be an intervening circumstance attenuating taint unless it is violent and/or unforeseen?” (2) “Is an officer in a public place not in a ‘lawful place’ under a plain view a...

CURIPOMA, JESUS ALBERTO GUZMAN

06/22/2022

Kinney County’s Ground for Review“The Court of Appeals Erred by Basing its Opinion on the Holdings of the Habeas Court Without Determining Whether Such Holdings Were Correct.” Grounds Granted on the Court’s Own Motion1. “[W]hether the Kinney County Attorney was authorized to file a State’s appeal...

HUGHES, DARREN TRAMMELL

06/08/2022

“The Fourteenth Court erred by holding that the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause applied to probation revocation proceedings. This holding conflicts with published holdings from four Texas courts of appeals and nine federal circuit courts, and with the federal Supreme Court’s explicit stateme...

SLEDGE, DONNELL

(1) “Must a defendant be acquitted if the trial court grants a motion for new trial alleging only that ‘the verdict is contrary to the law and evidence’ and the State does not appeal?”  (2) “Was it so certain that a first jury’s ‘not true’ findings survive the granting of a new trial and collater...