Decisions of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston
April 2007
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April 27, 2007


April 26, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:


AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-05-01140-CR        Ernest Joseph Fontenot v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 337th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman)
14-05-01151-CR        Ivan Castaneda v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 338th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00045-CR        Melvin V. Jones v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 178th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00131-CR        Jabari Britt v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 228th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00347-CR        Howard Lee Applon v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00401-CR        Wayne Dee Binford v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris County

April 24, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman
14-05-01145-CR        James Kevin Yost v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 23rd District Court of Brazoria County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-05-01238-CR        Wilma Mucker v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

State v. Pieper (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 24, 2007)(Anderson)
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-06-00368-CR        The State of Texas v. James Roger Pieper
Appeal from 248th District Court of Harris County

Released Opinions

April 19, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

Hammad v. State (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 19, 2007)(Hudson)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-05-01124-CR Ahmed M. Hammad v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 339th District Court of Harris County

Ray Justice v. State (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 19, 2007)(Frost)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman
14-05-01128-CR Kenneth Ray Justice v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 337th District Court of Harris County

Hudson v. State (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 19, 2007)(Hedges)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman
14-06-00346-CR Demetric Cleophus Hudson v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 228th District Court of Harris County

Garcia v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 19, 2007)(per curiam)
AFFIRMED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman
14-06-00517-CR Isidro Garcia, Jr. v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

Robertson v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 19, 2007)(per curiam)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman
14-07-00208-CR Taron Robertson v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 228th District Court of Harris County

Released Opinions

April 17, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

Sapp v. State (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 17, 2007)(Fowler)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman
14-06-00268-CR Neville Sapp v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 176th District Court of Harris County

Torres v. State (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 17, 2007)(Fowler)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman
14-06-00469-CR Luis Jaime Torres v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

Released Opinions

April 12, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-05-00756-CR        Michael James Strange v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 230th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-05-01083-CR        Idarine Rada Ketchum v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 232nd District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore)
14-05-01129-CR        Charles Scott v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 228th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00106-CR        Neal Graves v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00157-CR        Walter Smith Keneally v. The State of Texas
Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 14 of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00307-CR        Robert Glenn Jones v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 23rd District Court of Brazoria County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00403-CR        Benjamin Edwards Scott v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00404-CR        Benjamin Edwards Scott v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00445-CR        David Lee Webb v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 174th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00446-CR        David Lee Webb v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 174th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00502-CR        Juan Reyes Solis v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 262nd District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00559-CR        Robert Lavan Benford v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 248th District Court of Harris County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-07-00218-CR        Edward J. Lewis v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 209th District Court of Harris County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)
14-07-00283-CR        Victor Anthony Provost v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 212th District Court of Galveston County

Released Opinions

April 10, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

Dowdell v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 10, 2007)(Anderson)(criminal case)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-04-00695-CR Michael Troy Dowdell v. The State of Texas
Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 3 of Harris County

Austin v. State of Texas (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 10, 2007)(Yates)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore
14-05-01012-CR Kimberly Sue Austin v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 209th District Court of Harris County\

Released Opinions

April 5, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:


Hampton v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 5, 2007)(per curiam)
AFFIRMED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00669-CR        Nevan Petrel Hampton v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 339th District Court of Harris County

Baxter v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 5, 2007)(per curiam)
AFFIRMED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00861-CR        Robert Lee Baxter v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 183rd District Court of Harris County

Omodele v. Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 5, 2007)(per curiam dismissal)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-07-00219-CR        Tunde Omodele v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 185th District Court of Harris County

Reyes Jr v. Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 5, 2007)(per curiam dismissal)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-07-00273-CR        Ernesto Reyes Jr v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 179th District Court of Harris County

April 3, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:


Hurd v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 3, 2007)(Seymore)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-05-01092-CR        Arthur E. Hurd v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 232nd District Court of Harris County

Waters v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 3, 2007)(Yates)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00233-CR        Waters, Teresa Ann v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 338th District Court of Harris County

Tuan Thanh Nguyen v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 3, 2007)(Yates)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00530-CR        Tuan Thanh Nguyen v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 174th District Court of Harris County
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Chief Justice
Adele Hedges
Justice John Anderson
Justice Richard Edelman
Justice Wanda Fowler
Justice Eva M. Guzman
Justice Harvey Hudson
Justice Charles W. Seymore
Justice Kem Thompson Frost
Justice Leslie Brook Yates
 
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April 2007

CAUSES SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT OR
BRIEFS

Causes Set for Submission on Oral Argument

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/10/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman

14-04-00637-CV  
Louis John Gavrel v. Jose E. Rodriguez, M.D., and Grant R.
McKeever, M.D. PA  Harris County
Trial Court: 11th District Court, Houston  
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Mark Davidson  
Trial Court Case No: 2002-04330  
Apellant's attorneys:
Thomas Charles Graham  David Berg  Mark Alan Evetts  Fernando De Leon
JR.  Gary M. Polland  Joel M. Androphy
Appellee's attorney:  Trace Jeffrey Sherer  Michael Anthony Descioli


14-05-01099-CV  
Morris Hartis, Jr. v. Century Furniture Industries Inc.  Harris
County
Trial Court: 55th District Court, Houston  
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Jeff Brown  
Trial Court Case #: 04-32785  
Appellant's Attorney:  Joseph A. McDermott, III   Appellee's Attorney:  Patrick
Joseph Schurr  Charlene Cantrell Koonce


14-06-00208-CR  John Lee Jr. v. The State of Texas  Harris County (criminal
case)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/11/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Judge Sears, Justices Frost and Seymore

14-05-01271-CV  
Trudie Lynne Baltzer v. Larry Ruiz Medina  Harris County
Trial Court: 310th District Court  (Harris County Family Law Center, Houston,
TX)
Trial Court Judge: LISA A. MILLARD  
Trial Court Case #: 95-24669  
Appellant's Attorneys:  Mack J. Travers   Allison Travers Hamilton
Appellee's Attorney: [None] Larry Ruiz Medina (pro se)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/12/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Edelman

14-06-00318-CR  Kenneth Wayne Butler v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00546-CV  Dighton Packard, M.D., Emergency Health Services
Associates, EmCare, Inc., and EmCare Holdings, Inc and Leonard M. Riggs,
Jr., MD v. Lilian Guerra, Individually and as Next Friend of Marcela Lillian
Guerra and Marcelino Guerra  Harris

14-06-01056-CV  W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn ("WRG") v. James R. Taylor  
Galveston


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/17/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman

14-06-00484-CV  Antonio Torres v. Colin L. Tessier  Harris

14-06-00826-CV  The State of Texas v. Fiesta Mart, Inc.  Harris

14-07-00004-CV  Dhiren S. Sheth v. Donald C. Dearen  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/18/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Frost

14-06-00248-CV  Larry Justice, Beth Justice and Karen Justice v. State Farm
Lloyds Insurance Company and FTI/SEA Consulting  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 4/19/2007 AT 1:30 PM

Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Seymore

14-06-00195-CV  Mitzie Costello v. Bank of America, N.A.  Harris

14-06-00432-CV  Kelvyn Lazo and Susana Lazo, Individualy, and d/b/a
Custom Woodwork and Pablo Abello, Individually and d/b/a Pablo Abello
Insurance Agency v. RSI International, Inc. and St. Paul Reinsurance
Company, Ltd.  Harris


Causes Set for Submission on Briefs


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/10/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00553-CR  Troy Melone Baugh v. The State of Texas  Galveston

14-06-00571-CR  Carlos Demetris McNickles v. The State of Texas  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/11/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Frost and Seymore)

14-06-00032-CV  Solutioneers Consulting, LTD., Tom Haynes and T&S
Haynes Enterprises, LLC v. Gulf Greyhound Partners, LTD  Galveston

14-06-00068-CR  Harry Robert Burton v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00440-CR  Hassan Ali Pejouhesh v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00545-CR  Rebecca Dee Akins v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00962-CV  Walgreen Company v. Cynthia Hieger and Roy C. Heiger,
Both Individually and as next friend of David C. Heiger, A Minor  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/12/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Edelman)

14-05-01179-CV  Eduardo P. Lentino M.D., Individually, Eduardo P. Lentino,
M.D. Assignee of Jorge A. Lentino, M.D. and Marta A. Lentino v. Frost National
Bank , F/N/A/ Cullen Center Bank and Trust  Harris

14-06-00525-CR  Tello Carlos Hernandez v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00570-CR  Cruz, Joel Garcia v. The State of Texas  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/17/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00352-CR  Ralph Boone v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00523-CR  Rhonda Vince Parker v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00679-CR  Marque Christopher Womack v. The State of Texas  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/18/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Frost)

14-05-01283-CV  Josephine Aldridge v. Jerry R. Avara  Harris

14-05-01286-CV  Helen Anderson, Et Al v. New Birth Missionary Baptist
Church of Houston, Inc.  Harris

14-06-00338-CR  Clifford G. Olson v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00692-CR  Robert Henry Shepherd v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00944-CR  Tomas Mayo Pacheco v. The State of Texas  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/19/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Seymore)

14-05-01251-CV  Bank Repossessed Car Co. d/b/a Thirfty Car Sales v.
Who's Calling, Inc.  Harris

14-06-00345-CR  Terry Levon Nall v. The State of Texas  Brazoria

14-06-00402-CR  Marvin Dale Adkins v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00405-CR  Jose Alfredo Zuniga v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00406-CR  Zuniga, Jose Alfredo v. The State of Texas  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/24/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00694-CV  Yigal Bosch v. Provident American Life and Health
Insurance Company  Harris

14-06-00901-CV  Robert W. Lambertz v. Cunningham & Robinson  Harris

14-06-00973-CV  Choice Acquisitions No. Two Inc. and Lior Avni v. Hector
Noesi & Josefina Alcantar  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/25/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00101-CV  Hermelinda Cruz v. Virgie Holleman, Individually and a/n/f
for Fred Holleman  Harris

14-06-00386-CV  David Melasky v. City of Houston  Harris

14-06-00500-CV  Baylor College of Medicine v. Roy A. Camberg,
Adminstrator of the Estate of Ana Ortiz, Deceased,, Texas Department of
Family and Protective Servicesas Next Friend of Ana Delia Meija, a Minor,
Enid Valentina Meija, a Minor  Harris

14-06-00641-CV  Sap Trading, Inc v. Mohammed Sohani and AAA King Corp
d/b/a King Importer and Wholesaler  Harris

14-06-00731-CV  Temple B. Page v. Maureen Lorraine Hulse  Harris

14-06-00902-CV  Alista Maxwell v. Heidi Jane Siefert  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 4/26/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Frost and Mirabal)

14-05-00579-CV  In the Interest of M.A.  Harris

14-06-00270-CR  Ronald Brian McKenna v. The State of Texas  Brazoria

14-06-00312-CR  Recio, Richard Marrquin v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00327-CR  Kevin Allan Lindsey v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00339-CR  Nelson DeJesus Gomez v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00771-CV  Biodun Atu v. Kristi A. Slaugher, Trusteee, Et Al  Harris
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