1. “Did the appeals court lose jurisdiction when Stephen Tyler, an assistant district attorney of Jackson County, rather than Pamela E. Guenther, the elected district attorney of Jackson County, filed the notice of appeal?”2. “Did the appeals court regain its jurisdiction when the elected distric...
“The Court of Appeals erred in determining that the State’s final argument that Appellant shot the Complainant because he was afraid of the Complainant because he was Hispanic was a legitimate response to Appellant’s argument that Appellant’s was afraid of the Complainant because he was a large, ...
(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 ...
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...
“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?”
“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?”
“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 ...
Does TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 14.03(a)(1) have an exigency requirement for warrantless arrests?
denotes a petition filled by SPA