Tag Archives: 102nd District Court

assault of his daughter, a child. The jury found the enhancement allegation true and assessed a sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, Korp contends that the trial court erred (1) by admitting evidence of a prior extraneous offense at the … Continue reading →

But as the new year of 2009 was just getting started, violence erupted–allegedly gang oriented–resulting in the death of Terry Matthews. Billy Dee Riley, Jr., was charged with, convicted of, and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment for, Matthews’ murder. On … Continue reading →

and their three children were in Florida when he was arrested on a Bowie County, Texas, felony warrant for the charge of prohibited sexual conduct. Jennifer was also arrested on the same charge. The couple was taken to Bowie County, … Continue reading →

Texas, at gunpoint, took her to a remote location, and sexually assaulted her four times, he returned her to the neighborhood of her residence sometime during the hours of darkness, without her glasses, and made her lie face-down inches from … Continue reading →

theft of Golston’s wheel rims quickly escalated to the violent shooting death of thirty-year-old Donyelle Nelson. Golston was convicted of murder and sentenced to a period of forty years’ imprisonment. Because we find (1) the evidence is legally sufficient to … Continue reading →

the State was allowed, over Tyson’s objection, to introduce evidence that, at the time of Tyson’s arrest on this charge, he had on his person the sum of $2,500.00 in cash. From his conviction and sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, … Continue reading →

William Joseph Harrison appeals his conviction for assault (family violence) by occlusion, enhanced by two prior felony convictions. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 12.42 (West Supp. 2011), § 22.01(b)(2)(B) (West 2011). The State alleged Harrison choked his girlfriend, Emily Cochran, … Continue reading →

William Joseph Harrison appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a O P I N I O N felon, enhanced by a prior felony conviction. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 46.04 (West 2011). Harrison possessed a firearm … Continue reading →

Patrick Jeroid Jones, currently incarcerated on a sexual assault conviction that was affirmed by this Court on May 20, 2001, was found guilty for tampering with a witness (the victim) of his sexual assault. Jones wrote a letter to the … Continue reading →