• Howard v. Howard, 01-14-00761-CV (Tex.App. Dist.14 03/31/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-04-29
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    Date Filed: 2016-03-31
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, First District
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-14-00761-CV

    On Appeal from the 311th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2011-39444. Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Bland, and Massengale. Majority

  • Honester v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Chan Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua Smith, and Amanda Heath District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2235

    The trial court abused its discretion in declaring a mistrial over the defendant's objection rather than giving the jury an Allen c

  • In re Perkins, 13-16-00001-CR (Tex.App. Dist.13 04/01/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-04-28
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    Date Filed: 2016-04-01
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi-Edinburg
    Judge: ROGELIO VALDEZ Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 13-16-00001-CR

    On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides OPINION Ma

  • City of Carrollton v. Paxton, 03-13-00571-CV (Tex.App. Dist.3 03/31/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2016-03-31
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin
    Judge: Bob Pemberton, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-13-00571-CV

    FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, NO. D-1-GV-12-000989, HONORABLE AMY CLARK MEACHUM, JUDGE PRESIDING Before Chief Justice Rose and Justice Pem

  • Ayestas v. Stephens, 15-70015 (5th Cir. 03/22/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2016-03-22
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: PER CURIAM.
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    Case Number: 15-70015

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit J

  • Boatright v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2016-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Britt Karsman, McKenzie Hart, Savannah, and Nathan Williams The Williams Litigation Group PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hieu Nguyen and Phillip Hartley Harben, Hartley Hawkins LLP, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A2043

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's personal injury lawsuit against a school superintendent and school board members arising after he suffered permanent injuries when a cannon that w

  • Crider v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, District Attorney, and Thomas Kegley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1922

    The officer was still investigating the driver's possible impairment when he asked for t to search the vehicle and thus did not unreasonably prolong the detention before obtaining the driver's

  • Newman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Zlegler Lee Zlegler LLP, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1662

    The evidence authorized the jury to find that an officer's concern for the safety of the property in the parking lot where he observed the defendant standing was warranted and the Court therefore a

  • Heany v. Bennett Street Props. LP

    Publication Date: 2016-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Furlong, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Alexandra Higgins, Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2135

    Genuine issues of material fact remained in a restaurant's suit for conversion, reasonable hire and fraud in which it alleged that its landlord impermissibly retained certain fixtures and other pers

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock Brock Law LLC, Atlanta, for Williams. Natalie Stephenson and Bethany Lindstrom Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for Espinoza. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A1928; A15A1929

    The open-air dog sniff around the defen vehicle, which resulted in probable cause to detain the defendants and to search their vehicle, was done while the officer was still confirming the defe