Appellant, Raul Benavides, was convicted of assault family violence, enhanced to a habitual felony offense because of two prior felony convictions, and sentenced to twenty-five years in the Texas Department of Criminal JusticeInstitutional Division (TDCJ-ID). See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Garza By a single issue, appellant Fred Corona contends he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his combined adjudication/revocation hearing in appellate cause numbers 13-12-245-CR, 13-12-246-CR, and 13-12-247-CR. We affirm. … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Garza FRED CORONA, THE STATE OF TEXAS, By a single issue, appellant Fred Corona contends he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his combined adjudication/revocation hearing in appellate cause numbers … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Rodriguez Appellant James Gonzalez a/k/a James A. Gonzales appeals from his conviction for driving while intoxicated, a third-degree felony as a result of appellant’s two prior DW I convictions. See TEX. … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Rodriguez Appellant Alfredo Araujo challenges his conviction for indecency with a child, a second-degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 21.11(a)(1), (d) (West 2011). By three issues, Araujo argues that … Continue reading
counts of burglary of a habitation. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 29.03, 30.02 (West 2011). After Steer pleaded true to two prior felonies, the trial court assessed his punishment at seventy-five years in the Institutional Division of the Texas … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and Perkes Memorandum Opinion by Justice Garza A jury convicted appellant, Arturo Rodriguez, of murder and aggravated assault. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 19.02 (b)(1), 22.02 (West 2011). Trial testimony showed that appellant stabbed Alfredo … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza,and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Garza By one issue, appellant Nelson DeJesus Hernandez challenges his conviction of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony for which he was sentenced to seventeen years’ imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § … Continue reading
Appellant, David Avellaneda, was charged by indictment with intentional or knowing injury to a child, a first-degree felony. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.04(a), (e) (West Supp 2011). He pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to the lesser-included offense of … Continue reading
following in its place. Appellant, Kimberly Gilbert, was convicted of credit card fraud, a state jail felony. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.31(b)(1)(A) (West 2011). In two issues, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction. We affirm. … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Garza Appellant, Jose Antonio Trevio, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp. 2011). On appeal, Trevio argues that: (1) … Continue reading
By two issues, appellant, Kenson Jack Jones, challenges his conviction and sentence for sexual assault of a child under the age of seventeen, a second -degree felony. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.011(a)(2) (West Supp. 2011). We affirm.[1] EX OVT … Continue reading
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and LongoriaMemorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria In one issue, appellant, Milton Tyrone Mitchell, challenges his conviction for murder, a first-degree felony. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.02 (West 2011). We affirm. I. BACKGROUND … Continue reading
A jury found appellant, Jaime Arturo Villarreal, guilty of attempted capital murder and capital murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 15.01 (West 2011), 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp. 2011). Villarreal received a life sentence for both counts. Villarreal’s appellate counsel, concluding … Continue reading
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and LongoriaMemorandum Opinion by Chief Justice ValdezA jury found appellant, Luis Aguilar, guilty of murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.02 (West Supp. 2011). The trial court sentenced Aguilar to twenty-five years’ … Continue reading
Appellant, Jose Reyna, was convicted for possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, and sentenced to ten years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Institutional Division. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §§ 481.102(3)(D), 481.115(a) (West Supp. 2011). … Continue reading
A jury convicted appellant, Noel Baird Norwood III, of aggravated sexual assault of a child. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.021(a)(1)(B) (West 2007). By two issues, appellant challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction , and the … Continue reading
Appellant Nestor Plata was convicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to twenty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Institutional Division. See TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 22.02(b)(1) (West 2011). By two issues, appellant contends … Continue reading
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and LongoriaMemorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides By one issue, appellant, Mirro Vondae McZeal, contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction of assault on a family or household member. See TEX. … Continue reading
Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and PerkesMemorandum Opinion by Justice Perkes Appellant, Joshua Jerell W ilson A/K/A Joshua Jerrell W ilson, appeals his conviction for murder, a first-degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.02(b)(1) (West 2011). A jury found … Continue reading