1. “Did the special prosecutor lack standing or authority to prosecute alleged misdemeanor violations of the Election Code and Government Code without the referral from the TEC required by Texas Government Code § 571.171?” 2. “Was Appellant deprived of due process when the District Attorney’s of...
1. “Is the statutory right to withdraw a waiver of counsel under article 1.051(h) absolute or subject to restrictions?” 2. “What admonishments does Faretta (or article 1.051) require for a defendant who initially contests guilt but later pleads guilty?” 3. “Did the court below correctly conclud...
“From the appellate court’s statutory construction of Section 32.21(e-1) of the Texas Penal Code, there was no jury-charge error; but more importantly, this Court should resolve a jurisdictional conflict that now exists in Texas law as to how county and district attorneys in the State of Texas sh...
1. “Did the court of appeals err when it held as a matter of law that selling sexual contact with a four-year-old child could never constitute compelled prostitution?” 2. “Must a child knowingly engage in an act of prostitution for the person who sold sex with her to be guilty of compelling pros...
"The court of appeals erred in holding that the trial court properly limited the appellant’s ability to consult with trial counsel during an overnight recess in violation of the appellant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel."
1. “Does a trial court’s sua sponte submission of an issue in the jury charge prevent a court of appeals from considering whether the evidence raised such an issue?” 2. “If, under a defensive view of the evidence, the defendant in a murder case drew, pointed, and wrestled over the gun of his ow...
1. “Whether the plain language of the evading-arrest statute requires proof of knowledge that the attempted arrest or detention is lawful.” 2. “Whether it matters in this case; whether the evidence is legally insufficient to show that Nicholson knew he was being lawfully detained.”
1. “Does TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 14.03(a)(1) have an exigency requirement for warrantless arrests?” 2. “If Article 14.03(a)(1) has an exigency requirement for a warrantless arrest in public, it was satisfied here because the integrity of blood-alcohol- content evidence would have been comprom...
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