Opinions Dated 03/16/2000

Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED MARCH 16, 2000

Civil

Published:

14-97-01339-CV
Kenneth Gale McCann
v.
Robin Bradford McCann

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART

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

Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 246th District Court (Hon. Don Ritter)

For appellant: Shawn Russel Casey

For appellee: Roy W. Moore and Pamela E. George

14-98-01053-CV
Elbert Eugene Dagley, Jr., et al.
v.
Haag Engineering Company

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Wittig

Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei

Trial court: 281st District Court (Hon. Jane Bland)

For appellant: Bruce Feichtinger

For appellee: James L. Sowder, Erin L. Williams, and Jacquelyn Chandler

14-00-00007-CR
In re Jill Maurer (original proceeding)

WRIT OF MANDAMUS GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN PART

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Majority Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

Trial court: 61st District Court (Hon. John Donovan)

For relator: Steven S. Newsom and Rebecca Hamilton

For respondent: Tom Alexander

Unpublished:

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

14-97-00835-CV	*Jenni B. Thomas and Robert D. Thomas* v. *Robert Parker, Pamela Parker, and David P. Williams & Associates, Inc., et al.*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Cannon, Draguhn, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Bill Cannon (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 270th District Court (Hon. Richard Hall)
	For appellant: Jeffrey W. Hitt
	For appellee: Thomas M. Fountain, Jeffrey Richard Roper, Mary C. Thompson, Charles T. Frazier, and Katherine Khristine Elrich

14-98-00989-CV
Michelle Kizzee Medlock and Verdell English
v.
Eula C. English

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Yates, Hudson, and Fowler

Opinion by: Hon. J. Harvey Hudson

Trial court: 411th District Court (Hon. Robert Hill Trapp)

For appellant: Elizabeth Ann Mobley

For appellee: Joe Scott Evans

14-98-01164-CV
City of Galena Park
v.
Barbara Nugent

REVERSED AND RENDERED

Panel: Justices Sears, Cannon and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)

Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 269th District Court (Hon. John Wooldridge)

For appellant: Brian J. Begle

For appellee: Hal L. Roach

14-98-01241-CV
Beverly Henderson
v.
Nursing Services/Contract Management Services, Inc.

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Frost

Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler

Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. Cynthia Crowe)

For appellant: Vaughn B. Venters

For appellee: Michael V. Grover

14-99-00195-CV
Alisa K. Stewart
v.
Robert Mitchel

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost

Trial court: 310th District Court

For appellant: Karl E. Hays

For appellee: Joan V. Schweppe

14-99-00408-CV
In the Matter of L.P.

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Wittig

Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei

Trial court: 268th District Court (Hon. Brady G. Elliott)

For appellant: Joann Seiglar Wright and Ramon G. Vaida, III

For appellee: Laurence W. Watts, Derek Michael Harkrider, and Jon A. Haslett

14-99-00824-CV
Titan Resources, Inc.
v.
Gary D. Lewis and G.E.L. Exploration, Inc.

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Trial court: 334th District Court (Hon. Scott Brister)

For appellant: Richard Parker

For appellee: Marc J. Magids

14-99-00840-CV
Sam Houston Race Park, LTD d/b/a/ Sam Houston Race Park by and through its General Partner SHRP, General P artner, Inc.
v.
John W. Berkel and Linda A. Berkel

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Anderson, Frost, and Draughn (Draughn sitting by assignment)

Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. Cynthia Crowe)

For appellant: Meredith Mills, Jolie Boardman Pecht, and Solace Kirkland Southwick

For appellee: John W. Berkel

14-99-00899-CV
Cynthia Robles
v.
Basilio Robles

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Trial court: 245th District Court (Hon. Annette Galik)

For appellant: Bruce Allen Buskirk

For appellee: Shawn Russel Casey

14-00-00057-CV
Nien Xuan Nguyen, Individually, and d/b/a/ Avn Video
v.
Harris County, Texas

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost

Trial court: 280th District Court

For appellant: Michael A. Maness

For appellee: Lisa S. Rice

14-00-00200-CV
Minzhy Fong
v.
Broderick Kirksey

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Trial court: 333rd District Court (Hon. Tad Halbach)

For appellant: Sarfraz Aftab Sharif

For appellee: David L. Miller

14-00-00207-CV
John F. Taggart, Jr. and World Telecommunications, Inc.
v.
Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc.

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost

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

For appellant: Scott Arnold

For appellee: Bruce K. Watkins

14-00-00229-CV
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Robert Keith Stockton
v.
Sheri Vaughn

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig

Trial court: 55th District Court (Hon. Sherry Raddack)

For appellant: Michael Byron Bennett

For appellee: R. Michael Smyrl

Criminal

Published:

14-95-01073-CR
Alfredo B. Guardiola
v.
The State of Texas

REVERSED AND REMANDED

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

Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)

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

For appellant: Stanley G. Schneider

For appellee: Alan Curry

14-96-00260-CR
Kim Allen Milburn
v.
The State of Texas

REVERSED AND REMANDED

Panel: Justices Yates, Amidei, and Edelman

Majority Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates

Concurring Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Robert Montgomery)

For appellant: Brian W. Wice

For appellee: Rikke Burke Graber

Unpublished:

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

14-97-01253-CR	*Nancy Ann Reyna* v. *The State of Texas*
	DISMISSED
	Panel: Justices Sears, Lee, and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 (Hon. Gerald Payte)
	For appellant: George O. Jacobs
	For appellee: Rikke Burke Graber

14-98-00652-CR
David Carr
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

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

Opinion by: Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)

Trial court: 262nd District Court (Hon. Bob Burdette)

For appellant: James M.Leitner

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00167-CR
James Albert Bell
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman

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

For appellant: Steven Lieberman

For appellee: Rikke Burke Graber

14-99-00566-CR
14-99-00567-CR
14-99-00568-CR
Carl Joiner, Jr.
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED

Panel: Justices Yates, Frost, and Edelman

Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates

Trial court: 10th District Court (Hon. David Garner)

For appellant: Thomas W. McQuage

For appellee: Richard H. Branson

14-99-01097-CR
Melvin Charles Tellis
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

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

For appellant: Hattie Sewell Mason

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-01160-CR
Jose Ruben Garcia
v.
The State of Texas

AFFIRMED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

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

For appellant: Pro se

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-01322-CR
Sermecia Renea Achan
v.
The State of Texas

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

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

For appellant: Richard Thomas Bell

For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-00-00116-CR
Frank James Williams
v.
The State of Texas

DISMISSED (Per curiam)

Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman

Trial court: 344th District Court (Hon. Carroll E. Wilborn, Jr.)

For appellant: Thomas A. Niederhoferl

For appellee: Michael R. Little

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14-97-01339-CV	*Kenneth Gale McCann* v. *Robin Bradford McCann*
	AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
	Panel: Justices Sears, Lee, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 246th District Court (Hon. Don Ritter)
	For appellant: Shawn Russel Casey
	For appellee: Roy W. Moore and Pamela E. George

14-98-01053-CV	*Elbert Eugene Dagley, Jr., et al.* v. *Haag Engineering Company*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Wittig
	Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei
	Trial court: 281st District Court (Hon. Jane Bland)
	For appellant: Bruce Feichtinger
	For appellee: James L. Sowder, Erin L. Williams, and Jacquelyn Chandler

14-00-00007-CR	In re Jill Maurer (original proceeding)
	WRIT OF MANDAMUS GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN PART
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Majority Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
	Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 61st District Court (Hon. John Donovan)
	For relator: Steven S. Newsom and Rebecca Hamilton
	For respondent: Tom Alexander

14-98-00989-CV	*Michelle Kizzee Medlock and Verdell English* v. *Eula C. English*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Hudson, and Fowler
	Opinion by: Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
	Trial court: 411th District Court (Hon. Robert Hill Trapp)
	For appellant: Elizabeth Ann Mobley
	For appellee: Joe Scott Evans

14-98-01164-CV	*City of Galena Park* v. *Barbara Nugent*
	REVERSED AND RENDERED
	Panel: Justices Sears, Cannon and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 269th District Court (Hon. John Wooldridge)
	For appellant: Brian J. Begle
	For appellee: Hal L. Roach

14-98-01241-CV	*Beverly Henderson* v. *Nursing Services/Contract Management Services, Inc.*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Frost
	Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. Cynthia Crowe)
	For appellant: Vaughn B. Venters
	For appellee: Michael V. Grover

14-99-00195-CV	*Alisa K. Stewart* v. *Robert Mitchel*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
	Trial court: 310th District Court
	For appellant: Karl E. Hays
	For appellee: Joan V. Schweppe

14-99-00408-CV	*In the Matter of L.P.*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Wittig
	Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei
	Trial court: 268th District Court (Hon. Brady G. Elliott)
	For appellant: Joann Seiglar Wright and Ramon G. Vaida, III
	For appellee: Laurence W. Watts, Derek Michael Harkrider, and Jon A. Haslett

14-99-00824-CV	*Titan Resources, Inc.* v. *Gary D. Lewis and G.E.L. Exploration, Inc.*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 334th District Court (Hon. Scott Brister)
	For appellant: Richard Parker
	For appellee: Marc J. Magids

14-99-00840-CV	*Sam Houston Race Park, LTD d/b/a/ Sam Houston Race Park by and through its General Partner SHRP, General P artner, Inc.* v. *John W. Berkel and Linda A. Berkel*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Anderson, Frost, and Draughn (Draughn sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. Cynthia Crowe)
	For appellant: Meredith Mills, Jolie Boardman Pecht, and Solace Kirkland Southwick
	For appellee: John W. Berkel

14-99-00899-CV	*Cynthia Robles* v. *Basilio Robles*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 245th District Court (Hon. Annette Galik)
	For appellant: Bruce Allen Buskirk
	For appellee: Shawn Russel Casey

14-00-00057-CV	*Nien Xuan Nguyen, Individually, and d/b/a/ Avn Video* v. *Harris County, Texas*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
	Trial court: 280th District Court
	For appellant: Michael A. Maness
	For appellee: Lisa S. Rice

14-00-00200-CV	*Minzhy Fong* v. *Broderick Kirksey*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 333rd District Court (Hon. Tad Halbach)
	For appellant: Sarfraz Aftab Sharif
	For appellee: David L. Miller

14-00-00207-CV	*John F. Taggart, Jr. and World Telecommunications, Inc.* v. *Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc.*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
	Trial court: Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Gary Block)
	For appellant: Scott Arnold
	For appellee: Bruce K. Watkins

14-00-00229-CV	*Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Robert Keith Stockton* v. *Sheri Vaughn*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
	Trial court: 55th District Court (Hon. Sherry Raddack)
	For appellant: Michael Byron Bennett
	For appellee: R. Michael Smyrl

14-95-01073-CR	*Alfredo B. Guardiola* v. *The State of Texas*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED
	Panel: Justices Sears, Cannon, and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins)
	For appellant: Stanley G. Schneider
	For appellee: Alan Curry

14-96-00260-CR	*Kim Allen Milburn* v. *The State of Texas*
	REVERSED AND REMANDED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Amidei, and Edelman
	Majority Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
	Concurring Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 184th District Court (Hon. Robert Montgomery)
	For appellant: Brian W. Wice
	For appellee: Rikke Burke Graber

14-98-00652-CR	*David Carr* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Robertson, Lee, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Force)
	Opinion by: Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
	Trial court: 262nd District Court (Hon. Bob Burdette)
	For appellant: James M.Leitner
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00167-CR	*James Albert Bell* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
	Trial court: 208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins)
	For appellant: Steven Lieberman
	For appellee: Rikke Burke Graber

14-99-00566-CR 14-99-00567-CR 14-99-00568-CR	*Carl Joiner, Jr.* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED
	Panel: Justices Yates, Frost, and Edelman
	Opinion by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
	Trial court: 10th District Court (Hon. David Garner)
	For appellant: Thomas W. McQuage
	For appellee: Richard H. Branson

Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of AppealsHouston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED MARCH 16, 2000

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

14-99-01097-CR	*Melvin Charles Tellis* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
	For appellant: Hattie Sewell Mason
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-01160-CR	*Jose Ruben Garcia* v. *The State of Texas*
	AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 180th District Court (Hon. Debbie Mantooth Stricklin)
	For appellant: Pro se
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-01322-CR	*Sermecia Renea Achan* v. *The State of Texas*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)
	For appellant: Richard Thomas Bell
	For appellee: Calvin A. Hartmann

14-00-00116-CR	*Frank James Williams* v. *The State of Texas*
	DISMISSED (Per curiam)
	Panel: Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
	Trial court: 344th District Court (Hon. Carroll E. Wilborn, Jr.)
	For appellant: Thomas A. Niederhoferl
	For appellee: Michael R. Little