Austin, TX
Appeals Lawyer at Austin, TX
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: reversal of appellate court's affirming grant of county's plea to jurisdiction
681 S.W.3d 391 (Tex. 2023) - reversal on briefs of appellate court's affirmance of trial court's grant of county's plea to the jurisdiction, resulting in remand for new trial
OUTCOME: order denying habeas relief affirmed
582 S.W.3d 436 (Tex. App. -- San Antonio 2018, pet. ref'd) - appeal of pretrial order denying habeas relief arguing it would violate double jeopardy after first trial ended in mistrial
OUTCOME: conviction affirmed
875 F.3d 179 (5th Cir. 2017)
OUTCOME: conviction affirmed
534 S.W.3d 81 (Tex. App. -- San Antonio 2017, pet. ref'd)
OUTCOME: granted, vacated Fifth Cir. opinion and remanded
608 Fed. Appx. 268 (5th Cir. 2015) and 136 S.Ct. 1711 (US 2016) - Supreme Court granted cert. petition, vacated Fifth Cir. opinion and remanded for consideration based on US v. Molina-Martinez, decided ... Apr. 20, 2016 by Supreme Court
OUTCOME: affirmed without prejudice to file 3582 motion to reduce sentence based on 2014 drug guideline amendment
608 Fed. Appx. 192 (5th Cir. 2015) - plain error to enhance appellant under Armed Career Criminal Act when only one of his three burglary convictions qualified for enhancement, but error did not affect ... substantial rights since sentence was within both correct and incorrect guidelines ranges
OUTCOME: written judgment modified to reduce fine from $2,000 to $1,000 to comport with oral pronouncement that fines would run concurrently
450 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. App. -- San Antonio 2014, no pet.)
OUTCOME: imposition of court-appointed attorney's fees affirmed since trial court implicitly determined that a material change in client's finances occurred sometime after client was found indigent and before client retained trial counsel
432 S.W.3d 444 (Tex. App. -- San Antonio 2014, no pet.)
OUTCOME: vacated and remanded for trial or entry of guilty plea with correct punishment range (govt. confessed error)
551 Fed. Appx. 193 (5th Cir. 2014)
OUTCOME: affirmed with instructions to correct sentence on count 2
737 F.3d 55 (5th Cir. 2013)
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