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MOON, CAMERON MICHAEL

09/07/2022

STATE’S GROUNDS 1. “Is a fact-based claim of a past adjudication under Texas Family Code Section 54.02(j) cognizable on pretrial habeas review?” 2. “Did the overruling of Moon v. State in Ex parte Thomas retroactively vest the criminal district court with jurisdiction despite two appellate court ...

SINCLAIR, EX PARTE CHESTER

09/07/2022

STATE’S GROUND     “Did the court of appeals have jurisdiction over Sinclair’s appeal?” GRANTED ON THE COURT’S OWN MOTION      “In a proceeding under Article 11.072 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, does a trial court have jurisdiction to rule on a motion to reconsider after the trial court has ...

ESPINOSA, JENNIFER AILEENE

08/24/2022

“Does an officer have probable cause to arrest a person passed out in a moving lane of traffic, with the engine running, coupled with several signs of intoxication, for DWI, despite no one visibly seeing that person driving?”

HEATH, DWAYNE

08/24/2022

(1) “Has the State’s statutory duty to disclose evidence ‘as soon as practicable’ been violated if the prosecutor fails to disclose an item of evidence the D.A.’s Office does not know exists but that has been in police custody for months?” (2) “If so, does the trial court have authority to impose...

NULL, ALAN WILLIAM

08/24/2022

1. “The Fourteenth Court erred when it held that it would violate due process for the court to take judicial notice that the science behind DNA is valid.” 2. “The Fourteenth Court erred when it held that a DNA profile run in accredited laboratory is not something upon which an expert may rely in ...

BECERRA, JOE LUIS

07/27/2022

1.  “Art. 36.22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides no person shall be permitted to be with a jury while it is deliberating. The petit juror affidavit admitted in Becerra’s Motion for New Trial hearing established the alternate juror was present and participated in deliberations and voted ...

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.”

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.”