After entering a plea of guilty to aggravated robbery, appellant Dylan Dominguez was sentenced by the trial court to twenty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division. On appeal, Dominguez argues the trial court erred in … Continue reading
This is an appeal from an order revoking community supervision. On October 19, 2010, Virgil Leonard pled nolo contendere to the offense of possession of cocaine in an amount less than one gram, and was sentenced to fifteen months’ confinement … Continue reading
Andre Nichols was convicted of the offense of robbery and sentenced to eight years in prison as a repeat offender. He appeals the judgment, arguing the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We affirm the judgment. STANDARD … Continue reading
Appellant Michael Castilla was convicted by a jury for felony evading arrest and was assessed a twenty year prison sentence. He raises two points of error on appeal: (1) the evidence was legally insufficient to support the verdict, and (2) … Continue reading
Moses R. Vela appeals his murder conviction, arguing that his right to confront the witnesses against him was violated when a surrogate expert was permitted to testify regarding the results of an autopsy report. We affirm the judgment of the … Continue reading
Erick Lozano pled guilty or no contest to five offenses pursuant to an open plea, and the trial court sentenced Lozano within the punishment range for each offense. In each of these appeals, Lozano’s court-appointed attorney filed a brief containing … Continue reading
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Calvin Jerome Massengale’s motion to suppress because statements were obtained from him after his request for an attorney was not honored by the investigating officer. … Continue reading
Rebecca Simmons, Justice Steven C. Hilbig, Justice Marialyn Barnard, Justice Opinion by: Rebecca Simmons, Justice Sitting: Delivered and Filed: May 9, 2012AFFIRMED BACKGROUND On October 16, 2009, James Holmes, the victim, checked into a motel. He met Larry Mitchell, another … Continue reading
Rebecca Simmons, Justice Steven C. Hilbig, Justice Marialyn Barnard, Justice Opinion by: Steven C. Hilbig, Justice Sitting: Delivered and Filed: March 14, 2012AFFIRMED A defendant is entitled to an instruction on self-defense if the issue is raised by the evidence, … Continue reading