Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

Grant v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
Court of Appeals' reversal of defendant's conviction for burglary of a habitation with a deadly weapon and a 55-year sentence, on the ground that the...

Uranga v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for possession of methamphetamine, jury's finding that the defendant was a habitual felony offender in assessing a...

Meadoux v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A decision of the court of appeals holding that the Eighth Amendment did not bar defendant's sentence of life without parole for a capital crime that...

Ex Parte Rendon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's request for habeas relief from his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver in a drug-free zone, claiming ineffective...

State of Texas v. Wilson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Court of appeals' affirmance of trial court's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief from his 1987 conviction for driving while intoxicated is...

Cardenas v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for aggravated sexual assault of a child, judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed where: 1) defendant properly...

McKithan v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a consolidated appeal of two cases involving a conviction of one defendant for the third-degree felony of bodily-injury assault and the conviction...

Ex Parte Sinegar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Trial court's dismissal of defendant's motion for a recusal hearing in habeas proceedings is remanded as the requirements of Rule 18a regarding the...

Pelache v. State of Texas

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for second-degree felony offense of robbery, court of appeals' reversal of trial court's sentence concluding that...