Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas - March 2007 Opinion Summaries

Ex parte Masonheimer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Dismissal of a murder case is affirmed where, under the unique facts of the case, a third prosecution was jeopardy-barred under state and federal...

Sierra v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, International Law
A conviction for capital murder is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a suppression motion, as suppression is not an appropriate remedy for...

Valdez v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An enhanced sentence for robbery is affirmed where the court of appeals did not err in allowing an enhanced punishment on a less than unanimous jury...

Euler v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Revocation of defendant's community supervision, which arose from a conviction for bribery, is affirmed where the trial court did not violate...

Ex parte Blue

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
A subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus in a capital case raising an Atkins claim is dismissed as an abuse of the writ where: 1) whether...

Teal v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
A court of appeals' decision finding that an indictment for hindering apprehension was insufficient to vest the district court with subject-matter...

Few v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving a mistaken cause number in a notice of appeal, dismissal of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction is reversed where appellant's...