“When two officers both testify about one joint pursuit of an individual after that individual evaded them in a motor vehicle, is there no double jeopardy violation when the individual is charged and convicted of evading from both officers simply because the individual gives a different account o...
ON THE COURT’S OWN MOTION 1. “Whether the Ranger made a positive promise to Appellant under Garcia v. State, 919 S.W.2d 370 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994), when he said that ‘there’s no reason on this deal why you shouldn’t be adjudicated as a juvenile. And what that means is they’re going to get you hel...
1. “Whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined the legality of geofence warrants, an issue of first impression in Texas and an important question of state and federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by the Court of Criminal Appeals.” 2. “Whether the Court of Appeals correctly...
1. “Whether the fact that a witness is a foreign national no longer in this country and without legal authority to enter this country is itself sufficient to show unavailability of the witness for purposes of the hearsay exceptions in Texas Rule of Evidence 804?” 2. “Whether statements by a prose...
1. “Regarding the assessment of the state consolidated court cost, which date controls – the offense date or the date of conviction?” 2. “Regarding the assessment of the state consolidated court cost for offenses committed before January 1, 2020, which date controls – the offense date or the date...
1. “Did the 10th COA error (sic) in holding the evidence legally sufficient because ‘[Petitioner] jumped out the vehicle and attempted to connect the brake lines and lights, constituting an activity in which he possessed stolen cargo?’” 2. “Did the 10th COA misconstrue section 31.18(b)(1) of the ...
“When four judges have considered whether to properly grant a motion for new trial and two of them have decided that such a motion was properly granted, then that decision cannot be outside the zone of reasonable disagreement. The two-justice majority of the Court of Appeals never explicitly foun...
1. “The lower court erred when it ignored existing case law so that it could create, in a publish opinion, a new waivable-only right to physical presence under Article 33.03 that conflicts with decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the lower court, and other courts of appeals.” 2. “The low...
denotes a petition filled by SPA