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Here's an excerpt from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' majority (5-3) opinion in Phillips v. State , which dealt with the Ex Post Facto application of a statute of limitations...
June 16, 2011 · Brandon Barnett · 1 min read
Read moreYesterday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals released a published opinion ( In Re Bowen ) in an original mandamus proceeding. The relators (i.e. petitioners), two capital murder...
June 16, 2011 · Brandon Barnett · 2 min read
Read moreDriver cannot give consent to search a passenger's private bag. is an interesting case with 4th and 5th Amendment issues coming out the Fifth Circuit. Of course, it’s an unpublishe...
June 14, 2011 · Brandon Barnett · 2 min read
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Much like the existential question about the tree falling in the forest, if something occurs during a session of court and there’s no court reporter around to hear it (or transcrib...
June 8, 2011 · Brandon Barnett · 2 min read
Read moreBlackshear v. State (link not working for now) 14th District Court of Appeals (Houston) 2011. In Blackshear , the jury convicted appellant of possession of a controlled substance,...
June 7, 2011 · Brandon Barnett · 2 min read
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