• December 22, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Year in Review: 2003 Timeline

    JANUARY6 Judge Scott Jenkins of Austin's 53rd District Court denies Farmers Group Inc.'s motion to strike an intervention by policyholders, thereby keeping alive the pol

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  • Kennedy v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-11
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: David Puryear, Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 03-07-00134-CR

    ON REMANDOPINIONMichael Patrick Kennedy pleaded guilty to the crime of aggravated assault of a police officer. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.01(a) (defining assault), 22.01(b)(1) (

  • Glivens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-17
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-31
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Michael H. Schneider Chief Justice
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    Case Number: NOS. 01-96-01433

    OPINIONAppellant, Lateef Salim Glivens, was charged with two offenses of aggravated robbery. A jury convicted appellant, and the trial court assessed punishment at 60 years confinement on each char

  • January 26, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Akin, Gump's Secret Weapon

    When Robert Strauss and Richard Gump started practicing law together in 1945 in Dallas, they had two things going for them -- time and Henry D. Akin. Strauss, now 81, says he and Gump had ti

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  • August 25, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Cases and Controversies of the 2002-2003 Terms

    Editor's note: What follows is a list of opinions issued by the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals in their 2002-2003 terms. The list contains summaries of the cases and is

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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-05
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-06
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 4
    Judge: Rebecca Simmons, Justice
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    Case Number: 04-09-00577-CR

    OPINIONOpinion by: Rebecca Simmons, JusticeConcurring Opinion by: Steven C. Hilbig, JusticeSitting: Rebecca Simmons,JusticeSteven C. Hilbig,JusticeMarialyn Barnard,Ju

  • Thompson v. Lea

    Publication Date: 2012-06-07
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey M. Jones, Fairfax, California, for the petitioner-appellant.
    for defendant: Rama R. Maline, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondent-appellee.

    Case Number: No. 09-55753

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6218 KENNY WARREN THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MELISSA LEA, Chief Deputy Admini

  • September 13, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Dismissal Sought In a motion filed Sept. 9 with a special court of review, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller seeks dismissal of the

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  • April 16, 2007 | Legal Times

    Border Dispute Becomes Supreme Conflict

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all non-pauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is almost entirely d

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  • State v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2012-11-27
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-21
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Johnson, J.,
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    Case Number: NO. PD-1867-11

    Johnson, J., delivered the opinion of a unanimous Court. OPINION Appellee was charged by indictment with multiple counts of intoxication assault stemming from his involvement in