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Cockrell, Ray Lee

10/23/2024

(1) “Can the duty of an owner of dangerous dogs to restrain or securely enclose them, TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 822.042(a), be imported to serve as a statutory duty for purposes of injury to a child by omission?” (2) “If the importation of the dangerous-dog duty in TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY ...

KLEINMAN, MICHAEL

10/23/2024

1. “Can appellate jurisdiction be ‘substantially’ invoked by an appeal bond that does not comply with all statutory requirements?”2. “Did the court of appeals err when it interpreted ‘may’ to mean ‘shall’ in Code of Criminal Procedure article 44.15, depriving appellate courts discretion by requir...

GRIFFIN, EX PARTE GARY

09/25/2024

“Is it enough under Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006) for an applicant to show that a ‘breakdown in the system’ prevented him from timely filing a notice of appeal in order to be afforded his right of appeal under the Due Process Clause?”

ESTEVEZ, EX PARTE AMARILLYZ

09/18/2024

“Where jeopardy has indisputably attached, is the trial court’s purported vacatur, more than 30 days after the judgment, adequate to remove the defendant’s former jeopardy, so that she can be retried?”

GLOVER, MICHAEL DONELL

09/11/2024

“Is the evidence sufficient to support a jury’s finding that a two- to three-inch pocketknife is a deadly weapon when it can rationally be determined that it was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury because Appellant used it to slice through the nylon strap of a bag within inches of ...

ARMSTRONG, JOSHUA RAY

09/04/2024

Does TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 14.03(a)(1) have an exigency requirement for warrantless arrests?

Newton, Christopher Lynn

09/04/2024

The court of appeals erred in overturning the grant of Mr. Newton’s motion to suppress by failing to follow existing authority, creating a split among the courts of appeal, and misapplying both precedent and cannons of statutory construction.

Gutierrez, Randy Ray

08/21/2024

State’s Issues    (1)  “If an indictment’s grammar and usage errors produce awkward phrasing, does Delarosa v. State, 677 S.W.3d 668 (Tex. Crim. App. 2023), direct that it has failed to make an allegation?”   (2) “Can an indictment that sets out all the statutory language for an enhancement in th...