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						 Opinions delivered on July 13, 2000: 
						Civil 
						
						 
						
							
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									 14-98-00620-CV
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								Hou-Tex Inc.  
									v. 
									Landmark Graphics Corporation | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Sears, Draughn, and Evans (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  333rd District Court (Hon. Tad Halbach) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  R. Tate Young and Michael Steven Burg | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Brian F. Antweil and Sue D. Rosenthal | 
							 
						 
 
						
 
   
						
							
								| Unpublished: | 
								(Opinions not designated for publication have
									no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See
									Tex. R. App. P. 47.7) | 
							 
						 
 
						
						
							
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									 14-98-00172-CV
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								Kennie Matthews, Individually and as Representative
									of the Estate of Lizabeth Parham Matthews, Deceased 
									v. 
									S&A Restaurant Corp.
									and Steak and Ale of Texas, Inc., and Steak and Ale of Texas, Inc. d/b/a/ Bennigans | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. John S. Anderson | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  215th District Court (Hon. Dwight Jefferson) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Mike Martin, Frank Mitchell, and Jonathan Erik Axelrad | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Mike Johanson and Ricardo G. Cedillo | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-99-00241-CV
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								Robert Farrow 
									v. 
									Tamara Lyn Hendon | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Gary Block) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Wendle Van SMith | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Richard Jennings Burch and Shelley Greene | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-99-00500-CV
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								Fleet Transportation Systems, Inc. and
									SwiftSea Management, Ltd. 
									v. 
									Butler and Binion, L.L.P.
									and Louis Salinas, Jr. | 
							 
							
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								VACATED AND DISMISSED | 
							 
							
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								Panel: Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Draughn (Senior Justice Joe L. Draughn, sitting by
									assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Majority Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn | 
							 
							
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								Concurring Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  281st District Court (Hon. Jane Bland) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Michael B. Charlton | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  David J. Beck and Anne M. Pike | 
							 
						 
 
						
						
							
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									 14-99-01244-CV
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								Bryan Davis 
									v. 
									Patricia McNew | 
							 
							
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								DISMISSED (Per curiam) | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Hudson | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  272nd District Court (Hon. John Delaney) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Mark D. Wilson | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  W. Jeff Paradowski | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-00-00575-CV
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								Mars Travel & Tours, Inc. 
									v. 
									Damon's Asphalt Paving, Inc. | 
							 
							
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								DISMISSED (Per curiam) | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Hudson | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  11th District Court (Hon. Mark Davidson) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Nathan A. Steadman | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Jay T. Wilihite and Calvin C. Braun | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-00-00670-CV
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								Jose F. Gonzalez, Alma Gonzalez, and Polo's
									Auto Sales 
									v. 
									City of Houston | 
							 
							
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								DISMISSED (Per curiam) | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  133rd District Court (Hon. Lamar McCorkle) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Carl T. Schultz | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Cliff Davis | 
							 
						 
 
						
 
						
						 Criminal 
						
						 
							
								| Published: | 
								 (There were no published opinions in criminal cases issued
									on July 13, 2000.) | 
							 
						 
						
  
  
						
							
								| Unpublished: | 
								(Opinions not designated for publication have
									no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See
									Tex. R. App. P. 47.7) | 
							 
						 
						
							
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									 14-98-00140-CR 
									14-98-00141-CR
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								Steve Leroy Howard 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED, IN PART, AND DISMISSED, IN PART | 
							 
							
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								Panel: Justices Robertson, Sears and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  184th District Court (Hon. Jan Krocker) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Tony Aninao | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Alan Curry | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-98-00625-CR
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								Guree Hawkins 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Bill Cannon (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. H. Lon Harper) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Deborah D. Summers | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Alan Curry | 
							 
						 
						 
						
						
							
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									 14-98-00651-CR
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								Shannon Roy Howard 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Edelman, Lee, and Draughn (Senior Justices Lee and Draughn sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Bob Burdette) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  John F. Carrigan | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Kimberly Aperauch Stelter | 
							 
						 
						
  
						
						
 
							
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									 14-98-00734-CR 
									14-98-00735-CR
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								Terrance Hamilton 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel: Justices Sears, Cannon and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Sam Robertson) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Hattie Sewell Mason | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  William J. Delmore III | 
							 
						 
						 
						
						
 
							
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									 14-98-00744-CR
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								Tyrone Eugene Campbell 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Edelman, Lee, and Draughn (Senior Justices Lee and Draughn sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Patrick J. Ruzzo | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller | 
							 
						 
						 
						
						
							
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									 14-98-00812-CR
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								Woodrow W. King 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  183rd District Court (Hon. Lee Duggan) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Jay Karahan | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Dan McCrory | 
							 
						 
						
 
						 
							
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									 14-98-00965-CR
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								Tyrone Leonard Sanders 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  184th District Court (Hon. Joseph Guarino) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Michael B. Charlton | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Alan Curry | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-98-01090-CR
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								Thelma Ashwood Pelmore 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 (Hon. James Larkin) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Courtney Brooke Wright | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Carol M. Cameron | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-98-01129-CR
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								John Renee Guzman 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. P.K. Reiter) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Roland B. Moore III | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Rikke Burke Graber | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-98-01168-CR
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								Federico Martinez 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Cannon (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Norman J. Silverman | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  William J. Delmore | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-99-00146-CR 
									14-99-00147-CR
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								Lepoleon Lee Burton 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel: Justices Yates, Frost, and Edelman | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  56th District Court (Hon. Norma Vensco) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Debora L. Perkey | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Joel H. Bennett | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-99-00162-CR 
									14-99-00163-CR
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								Melvin Pratt a/k/a Michael Demond Chapman 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel: Justices Anderson, Frost, and Lee (Senior Justice Norman Lee sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  248th District Court (Hon. Joan Campbell) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  John Garner Reed | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Alan Curry | 
							 
						 
						 
						
						
							
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									 14-99-00213-CR
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								Donald Ray Newsome 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost and Lee (Senior Justice Norman Lee sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  182nd District Court (Hon. Jeannine Barr) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  James R. Reed | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Dan McCrory | 
							 
						 
						
 
						 
							
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									 14-99-00416-CR
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								Juan Garcia 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Baird (Justice Charles F. Baird sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  James R. Reed | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III | 
							 
						 
						
						 
							
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									 14-99-00532-CR
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								Larry Wayne Davenport 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Don Wittig | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  351st District Court (Hon. Mark Ellis) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Gary M. Polland | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Julie Klibert | 
							 
						 
						 
						
						
							
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									 14-99-00725-CR
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								Adelina Rapp 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED (Per curiam) | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. Robert Jones) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Ronald C. Nicholas | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann | 
							 
						 
						
  
						
						
							
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									 14-99-01114-CR
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								Larry Wayne Paramely 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								AFFIRMED (Per curiam) | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  Stephen Morris | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann | 
							 
						 
						
  
						
						
							
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									 14-99-01406-CR
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								Raquel Salinas 
									v. 
									The State of Texas | 
							 
							
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								DISMISSED | 
							 
							
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								Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Baird (Justice Charles F. Baird sitting by assignment) | 
							 
							
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								Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman | 
							 
							
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								Trial court:  Brazos County Court at Law #2 (Hon. Rick Davis) | 
							 
							
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								For appellant:  John T. Quinn | 
							 
							
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								For appellee:  James M. Kuboviak | 
							 
						 
					
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