Opinions Dated 02/06/2000

Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2000

Civil

Published:

14-98-00435-CV
Prudential Securities, Inc.
v.
James E. Vondergoltz

DISMISSED

Panel: Justices Edelman, Draughn and Lee (Draughn and Lee sitting by assignment)

Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

Trial court: 127th District Court (Hon. Sharolyn Wood)

For appellant: William Karl Kroger and Jacalyn Ann Hollabaugh

For appellee: J. Robin Lindley and Mark Alan Kerstein

14-98-00726-CV
William H. Simmons and Mary Simmons Hensley, Individually and as Trustee & The W.H. Simmons Trust
v.
Compania Financiera Libano, S.A. and Aemando Fong Najarro

REVERSED AND RENDERED

Panel: Justices Yates, Amidei and Wittig

Majority opinion: Hon. Maurice Amidei

Dissenting opinion: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates

Trial court: 279th District Court (Hon. Richard Hall)

For appellant: Carl Halla, Jr.

For appellee: John Wesley Wauson

Unpublished:

(Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-98-00429-CV	*Vicente R. Velasquez* v. *Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation*
	AFFIRMED (on rehearing)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Edelman and Wittig
	Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 295th District Court (Hon. Tracy Christopher)
	For appellant: George M. Bishop
	For appellee: Steven A. Leyh

14-98-00679-CV
Jim Rutherford and Triad Home Renovators
v.
William M. Dickey

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Sears, Draughn and Evans (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)

Opinion by: Hon. Frank G. Evans (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 190th District Court (Hon. John Devine)

For appellant: Lana R. Dieringer

For appellee: Sanford Lawrence Dow

14-98-00944-CV
Benjamin C. Lockett
v.
Amoco Chemical Company d/b/a Amoco Chemical

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost

Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

Trial court: 149th District Court (Hon. Robert May)

For appellant: John E. Wall, Jr.

For appellee: Marshall S. Campbell

14-98-01329-CV
Jai Sung Byun
v.
Bruce Ian Schimmell, P.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost

Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Hermon Gordon)

For appellant: Kristopher K. Ahn

For appellee: Bruce Ian Schimmel

14-99-00906-CV
H. Douglas North d/b/a Doug North Construction
v.
West Memorial Civic Association

REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost

Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 (Hon. Eugene Chambers)

For appellant: John W. Burchfield

For appellee: Richard E. Bartley and Walter E. Speers

14-99-01103-CV
Texas Department of Public Safety
v.
Norma Wishman Barker

REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: Brazoria County Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. James Blackstock)

For appellant: Stacy S. Billedo and Kevin Michael Givens

For appellee: Stanley G. McGee

14-99-01172-CV
Blanca Fernandez and Corona Express, Inc.
v.
Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc.

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: 127th District Court

For appellant: Ernest M. Powell, III

For appellee: Charles M. Silverman

14-99-01421-CV
Harvella Jones
v.
Robert J. Hanna

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Gary Michael Block)

For appellant: Pro se

For appellee: Thomas A. Niederhofer

Criminal

Published:

14-94-00246-CR
Joseph Kenton McGowen
v.
The State of Texas

REVERSED AND REMANDED (on rehearing)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Draughn

Opinion by: Hon. Joe Draughn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 232nd District Court (Hon. A. D. Azios)

For appellant: Clinton F. Greenwood and George McCall Secrest, Jr.

For appellee: William J. Delmore, III

14-98-00244-CR
William Richard Moore
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Anderson, Hudson and Baird

Opinion by: Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 180th District Court (Hon. Debbie Mantooth Stricklin)

For appellant: Lucinda Kay Marshall

For appellee: S. Elaine Roch

14-98-00451-CR
Cleotis Stewart
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Baird

Opinion by: Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 209th District Court (Hon. Michael McSpadden)

For appellant: Charles Hinton

For appellee: Alan Curry

14-98-01007-CR
Leswin Edgardo Tabora
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Frost

Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates

Trial court: 174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)

For appellant: Geoffrey W. Hutson

For appellee: William J. Delmore, III

14-99-01368-CR
Marion Brown
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost

Trial court: 262nd District Court

For appellant: W. B. House, Jr.

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

Unpublished:

(Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-97-00496-CR 14-97-00497-CR	*Robin Elaine Hill* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Sears, Cannon and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)
	Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 (Hon. Neal Richardson)
	For appellant: Cheryl E. Irvin
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-97-01191-CR
Kevin Eugene Stevens
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Draughn, Lee and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)

Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Jan Krocker)

For appellant: Judith M. Prince

For appellee: Keli Pool Roper

14-98-00423-CR
Gary Roxburg Worrell
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Draugh, Cannon and Lee (Metropolital Backlog Reduction Force)

Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins)

For appellant: Gary M. Polland

For appellee: Julie Klibert

14-98-01068-CR
Johnny Clyde Cobb
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Draughn, Cannon and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)

Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 337th District Court (Hon. Jon Hughes and Hon. Don Humble)

For appellant: Robert A. Morrow

For appellee: S. Elaine Roch

14-98-01083-CR
Kimberlie C. James
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Edelman, Draughn and Lee (Draughn and Lee sitting by assignment)

Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (Hon. Hannah Chow)

For appellant: George D. Murphy, Jr.

For appellee: Keli Pool Roper

14-98-01331-CR
Eric Wayne Biggers
v.
The State of Texas

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: 10th District Court (Hon. I. A. Lerner)

For appellant: Robert A. Monks

For appellee: B. Warren Goodson, Jr.

14-99-00116-CR
Jocelyn Bridgatte McGruder
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: 176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)

For appellant: Pro se

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00182-CR
14-99-00183-CR
James Edward Lewis
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Frost

Trial court: 339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper)

For appellant: Pro se

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00643-CR
Gregory Barnett Jones
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson

Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Jay Burnett and Hon. Jan Krocker)

For appellant: John L. Denninger

For appellee: Alan Curry

14-99-00686-CR
Wilford Nathaniel Peterson
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman

Trial court: 122nd District Court (Hon. H. G. Dalehitt)

For appellant: Pro se

For appellee: Michael J. Guarino

14-99-01314-CR
Patricia Lynn Carrillo
v.
The State of Texas

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost

Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 (Hon. Larry Standley)

For appellant: William T. Cornelius

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

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14-98-00435-CV	*Prudential Securities, Inc.* v. *James E. Vondergoltz*
	DISMISSED
	Panel: Justices Edelman, Draughn and Lee (Draughn and Lee sitting by assignment)
	Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 127th District Court (Hon. Sharolyn Wood)
	For appellant: William Karl Kroger and Jacalyn Ann Hollabaugh
	For appellee: J. Robin Lindley and Mark Alan Kerstein

14-98-00726-CV	*William H. Simmons and Mary Simmons Hensley, Individually and as Trustee & The W.H. Simmons Trust* v. *Compania Financiera Libano, S.A. and Aemando Fong Najarro*
	REVERSED AND RENDERED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Amidei and Wittig
	Majority opinion: Hon. Maurice Amidei
	Dissenting opinion: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
	Trial court: 279th District Court (Hon. Richard Hall)
	For appellant: Carl Halla, Jr.
	For appellee: John Wesley Wauson

14-98-00679-CV	*Jim Rutherford and Triad Home Renovators* v. *William M. Dickey*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Sears, Draughn and Evans (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Frank G. Evans (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 190th District Court (Hon. John Devine)
	For appellant: Lana R. Dieringer
	For appellee: Sanford Lawrence Dow

14-98-00944-CV	*Benjamin C. Lockett* v. *Amoco Chemical Company d/b/a Amoco Chemical*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
	Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 149th District Court (Hon. Robert May)
	For appellant: John E. Wall, Jr.
	For appellee: Marshall S. Campbell

14-98-01329-CV	*Jai Sung Byun* v. *Bruce Ian Schimmell, P.C.*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Hermon Gordon)
	For appellant: Kristopher K. Ahn
	For appellee: Bruce Ian Schimmel

14-99-00906-CV	*H. Douglas North d/b/a Doug North Construction* v. *West Memorial Civic Association*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 (Hon. Eugene Chambers)
	For appellant: John W. Burchfield
	For appellee: Richard E. Bartley and Walter E. Speers

14-99-01103-CV	*Texas Department of Public Safety* v. *Norma Wishman Barker*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: Brazoria County Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. James Blackstock)
	For appellant: Stacy S. Billedo and Kevin Michael Givens
	For appellee: Stanley G. McGee

14-99-01172-CV	*Blanca Fernandez and Corona Express, Inc.* v. *Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc.*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: 127th District Court
	For appellant: Ernest M. Powell, III
	For appellee: Charles M. Silverman

14-99-01421-CV	*Harvella Jones* v. *Robert J. Hanna*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Gary Michael Block)
	For appellant: Pro se
	For appellee: Thomas A. Niederhofer

14-94-00246-CR	*Joseph Kenton McGowen* v. *The State of Texas*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED (on rehearing)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Draughn
	Opinion by: Hon. Joe Draughn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 232nd District Court (Hon. A. D. Azios)
	For appellant: Clinton F. Greenwood and George McCall Secrest, Jr.
	For appellee: William J. Delmore, III

14-98-00244-CR	*William Richard Moore* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Anderson, Hudson and Baird
	Opinion by: Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 180th District Court (Hon. Debbie Mantooth Stricklin)
	For appellant: Lucinda Kay Marshall
	For appellee: S. Elaine Roch

14-98-00451-CR	*Cleotis Stewart* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Baird
	Opinion by: Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 209th District Court (Hon. Michael McSpadden)
	For appellant: Charles Hinton
	For appellee: Alan Curry

14-98-01007-CR	*Leswin Edgardo Tabora* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Frost
	Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
	Trial court: 174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
	For appellant: Geoffrey W. Hutson
	For appellee: William J. Delmore, III

14-99-01368-CR	*Marion Brown* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost
	Trial court: 262nd District Court
	For appellant: W. B. House, Jr.
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-97-01191-CR	*Kevin Eugene Stevens* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Draughn, Lee and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Jan Krocker)
	For appellant: Judith M. Prince
	For appellee: Keli Pool Roper

14-98-00423-CR	*Gary Roxburg Worrell* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Draugh, Cannon and Lee (Metropolital Backlog Reduction Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins)
	For appellant: Gary M. Polland
	For appellee: Julie Klibert

14-98-01068-CR	*Johnny Clyde Cobb* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Draughn, Cannon and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 337th District Court (Hon. Jon Hughes and Hon. Don Humble)
	For appellant: Robert A. Morrow
	For appellee: S. Elaine Roch

14-98-01083-CR	*Kimberlie C. James* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Edelman, Draughn and Lee (Draughn and Lee sitting by assignment)
	Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (Hon. Hannah Chow)
	For appellant: George D. Murphy, Jr.
	For appellee: Keli Pool Roper

14-98-01331-CR	*Eric Wayne Biggers* v. *The State of Texas*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: 10th District Court (Hon. I. A. Lerner)
	For appellant: Robert A. Monks
	For appellee: B. Warren Goodson, Jr.

14-99-00116-CR	*Jocelyn Bridgatte McGruder* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: 176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)
	For appellant: Pro se
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of AppealsHouston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2000

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

14-99-00182-CR 14-99-00183-CR	*James Edward Lewis* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Frost
	Trial court: 339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper)
	For appellant: Pro se
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00643-CR	*Gregory Barnett Jones* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson
	Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Jay Burnett and Hon. Jan Krocker)
	For appellant: John L. Denninger
	For appellee: Alan Curry

14-99-00686-CR	*Wilford Nathaniel Peterson* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler and Edelman
	Trial court: 122nd District Court (Hon. H. G. Dalehitt)
	For appellant: Pro se
	For appellee: Michael J. Guarino

14-99-01314-CR	*Patricia Lynn Carrillo* v. *The State of Texas*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson and Frost
	Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 (Hon. Larry Standley)
	For appellant: William T. Cornelius
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann