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BALTIMORE, IJAH IWASEY

01/13/2021

“Must the State offer proof of the parameters of a licensed premises to secure a conviction for unlawful carrying of a weapon on a licensed premises?”

INTHALANGSY, SANTHY

01/13/2021

1. “The Fourteen Court of Appeals misapplied Texas Rules of Evidence 401 and 402 by disregarding evidence connecting Appellant to Cassie’s murder and, thus, erroneously concluding that the extraneous-offense evidence of Cassie’s murder was irrelevant.” 2. “The Fourteenth Court of Appeals erred by...

RUFFINS, ANTHONY

01/13/2021

1.  “If the testimony from an alleged accomplice witness-in-fact is completely removed from consideration, where the jury charge contained two accomplice witness instructions—one clearly correct regarding the accomplice as a matter of law—and there was substantial non-accomplice evidence to corro...

HERNANDEZ, ROBERTO

12/16/2020

(1) Is indecency by touching the victim’s sexual organ a lesser-included offense of penetrating the child’s mouth with the defendant’s sexual organ if the former is the defendant’s version of the incident? (2) For indecency by contact to be a lesser of aggravated sexual assault, must the act on w...

SPILLMAN, DAVID EARL

“Whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support Petitioner’s convictions for two assault[s] on a Public Servant[.]”

IGBOJI, JEREL CHINEDU

11/25/2020

1. “Do exigent circumstances to seize a cellular phone for fear of unintentional loss of evidence require that law enforcement act at the earliest possible opportunity?” 2. “Do exigent circumstances to seize a cellular phone for fear of intentional destruction of evidence require ‘affirmative con...

SELECTMAN, NICOLE PATRICE

11/25/2020

1. “The court of appeals erred by ruling the instant record insufficient, as a matter of law, to permit a rational finding that appellant reasonably believed that deadly force was immediately necessary to defend herself or Erica Rollins against a violent home intruder on April 2, 2015.” 2. “The c...

BAHENA, RAUL

11/18/2020

“The court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s admission of a disc of inmate telephone calls over Appellant’s objection that the State’s witness was not the custodian of records.”