June 2007 Decisions and Opinions of the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas

Decisions of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston
in Criminal Appeals
June 2007

Opinion Release Dates: June 5, 2007; June 7, 2007; June 12, 2007; June 19, 2007, June 21, 2007,
June 25, June 26, June 28, 2007

Appeals With Signed or Per Curiam Opinions Released June 2007
Criminal Cases | Also see ---> Appeals in Civil Cases

NOTEWORTHY MAY 2007 OPINIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES

DETAILS FOR CASES DECIDED BY THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
IN JUNE 2007

June 28, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-05-01134-CR Richard Daniel Hassenplug v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 178th District Court of
Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00022-CR Dennis Jerome Burton v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 177th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00156-CR Anthony N. Brown v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 337th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00201-CR Jose Alejandro Cornejo v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 337th District Court of
Harris County

REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Frost
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00381-CR The State of Texas v. Jose Garcia Vasquez--Appeal from 400th District Court of Fort
Bend County

DISSENTING: Concurring Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00381-CR The State of Texas v. Jose Garcia Vasquez--Appeal from 400th District Court of Fort
Bend County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Frost and Seymore)
14-06-00545-CR Rebecca Dee Akins v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 2 of
Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Frost)
14-06-00692-CR Robert Henry Shepherd v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 2 of
Harris County

DISSENTING:
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Frost)
14-06-00692-CR Robert Henry Shepherd v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 2 of
Harris County

DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-06-01079-CR John Ringrose v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 1 of Harris
County

June 26, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00151-CR Robert Wayne Nitsche v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 21st District Court of
Washington County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00220-CR Jose Nava Benitez v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 209th District Court of Harris
County

DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00311-CR Michael Cadett Mapes v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 185th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Jstices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00349-CR Richard James Bradford v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 1 of
Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman)
14-06-00682-CR Cristobal Rivera v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris
County

June 25, 2007

Civil Causes Decided: None

June 22, 2007

Civil Causes Decided: None

June 21, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

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

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00333-CR        Jerry Medel v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00334-CR        Medel Jerry v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00335-CR        Medel Jerry v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00336-CR        Medel Jerry v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 180th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
(Before Justices Anderson, Frost and Mirabal)
14-06-00339-CR        Nelson DeJesus Gomez v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 179th District Court of
Harris County

DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)
14-06-00523-CR        Rhonda Vnice Parker v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 185th District Court of
Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00755-CR        Eddie Perez Jr v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 232nd District Court of Harris
Court

June 19, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost)
14-05-01005-CR Patrick Encalade v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 248th District Court of Harris
County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost)
14-05-01007-CR Patrick Encalade v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 248th District Court of Harris
County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)
14-06-00207-CR Lawrence Ray Silva v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 23rd District Court of Brazoria
County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Mirabal
(Before Justices Anderson, Frost and Mirabal)
14-06-00327-CR Kevin Allan Lindsey v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris
County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Frost)
14-06-00338-CR Clifford G. Olson v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 208th District Court of Harris
County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-06-00476-CR Mike James Shelhammer v. The State of Texas--Appeal from County Court of
Chambers County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-00527-CR Leslie Bradford v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 183rd District Court of Harris County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Mirabal
(Before Justices Anderson, Frost and Mirabal)
14-06-00543-CR Richard Wesley Ratcliff v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 122nd District Court of
Galveston County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 DISMISSED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)
14-06-00763-CR Joseph W. Underwood v. The State of Texas--Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 12 of
Harris County

Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 19, 2007 DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-06-01154-CR Roosevelt Douglas Jr. v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 209th District Court of Harris
County

June 12, 200

Criminal Causes Decided:

Simpson v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jun. 12, 2007)(Hudson)(criminal case)
[involuntary confession]
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-05-00797-CR Kenneth Wayne Simpson v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 176th District Court of Harris County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Seymore)
14-06-00405-CR Jose Alfredo Zuniga v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 230th District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Seymore)
14-06-00406-CR Jose Alfredo Zuniga v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 230th District Court of Harris
County

June 7, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Frost and Seymore)
14-06-00471-CR Curry Tony Canandus v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 400th District Court of Fort
Bend County

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)
14-06-00739-CR Jairo Daniel Rodrigues v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 183rd District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-06-01013-CR Jose Edwin Cedillos v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris
County

AFFIRMED: Per Curiam
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)
14-06-01014-CR Jose Edwin Cedillos v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris
County

June 5, 2007

Criminal Causes Decided:

AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore
14-06-00608-CR Jonathon Gabriel Cooper v. The State of Texas
Appeal from 262nd District Court of Harris County

Judges

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

Texas Supreme Court

First Court of Appeals

Oral Argument and Conference Calendar for
June 2007

Causes Set for Submission on Oral Argument

Causes Set for Submission on Oral Argument

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/5/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-01084-CV INLINER AMERICAS, INC., now known as
FIRSTLINER USA, INC., INLINER USA, INC., and CAT
CONTRACTING, INC. v. MaComb Funding Group LLC Harris
Trial Court: 127th District Court
Trial Court Judge: SHAROLYN P. WOOD
Appellant's attorney: Timothy A. Hootman
Appellee's attorneys: Ramon G. Viada III , Barry Abrams

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/6/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Justices Edelman, Frost and Seymore)

14-07-00149-CV Timothy J. Carpenter, Mervin G. Schaefer,
James P. Maloney, Oldcosy Corp., Henry Jackson, David Reindl,
Henry C. Hess, David Falldorf, and Jane P. Koth v. Exelon
Corporation and Exelon Enterprises Company, LLC Harris
Trial Court: 133rd District Court
Trial Court Judge: PUTNAM REITER
Appellant's attorneys:
Roger Sherman Braugh JR.
David George
John T. Flood
Appellee's attorneys:
Cheryl Jerome Moore
Rebecca L. Robertson
Christopher Robin Richie
Karen Dunn Poll

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/7/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman)

14-07-00185-CV In Re: Igloo Products Corp Waller
Trial Court: 155th District Court
Trial Court Judge: Judge Daniel R. Beck
Relators' attorneys:
Levi G. McCathern II
Jeff C. Wright
Real Party in Interest's attorneys:
Kerry M. Guidry
Robert S Kwok
Peter Michael Kelly

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/13/2007
AT 1:30 PM
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00971-CV Jeanenne Loewe, Individually, and d/b/a The
Elite Salon of 1960 v. Trammell Crow Company and Trammell
Crow Houston, Ltd. Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/14/2007
AT 1:30 PM
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost)

14-06-00651-CV Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Lance
Morris Harris

14-06-00690-CR John Namy Khanjani v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-07-00096-CV Clear Lake City Water Authority (the "Authority")
v. Friendswood Development Company, Ltd. Harris
Trial Court: 281st District Court
Trial Court Judge: David J. Bernal
Trial Court Case #: 2006-63998
Trial Court Reporter: Delicia Struss (no record taken)
Appellant's attorneys: Barry Abrams, Ramon G. Viada III
Appellee's attorney: Lawrence J. Fossi, Karen B. Jewell

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/18/2007
AT 1:30 PM
(Before Justices Edelman, Frost and Guzman)

14-03-00399-CV City of Houston v. Donald Clark Harris
Trial Court: 333rd District Court
Trial Court Judge: JOSEPH J. HALBACH
Trial Court Case #: 00-20826
Trial Court Reporter: none - per d/s
Appellant's attorney: Timothy J. Higley
Appellee's attorney: E. Troy Blakeney, Richard Charles Mumey

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/27/2007
AT 1:30 PM
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00167-CV City of Houston, Bill White, and the Houston City
Council, Et Al v. Carroll G. Robinson, Bruce R. Hotze and Jeffrey
N. Daily Harris

Trial Court: 333rd District Court
Trial Court Judge: JOSEPH J. HALBACH
Trial Court Case #: 04-72705
Trial Court Reporter: Jodi Masera
Appellant's attorneys: Scott J. Atlas
Patrick W. Mizell
Catherine B. Smith
Arturo Michel
Patrick Zummo
Stephen Douglas Pritchett Jr.
Melanie Plowman Sarwal
Stacey Neumann Vu
Appellee's attorneys:
Andy Taylor
Amanda Eileen Staine Peterson

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

Trial Court: Probate Court No 1
Trial Court Judge: RUSSELL P. AUSTIN
Trial Court Case #: 332,722-402
Trial Court Reporter: Don Pylant
Appellant's attorneys: Charles Kelvin Adams, Thomas P.
Sartwelle, Jeff T. Nobles
Appellee's attorney: Arthur Samuel Feldman

14-06-00524-CV Vera F. Wilson v. Aames Capital Corporation
Harris
Trial Court:        125th District Court
Trial Court Judge:        JOHN A. COSELLI
Trial Court Case #:        05-51877
Parties:
Wilson, Vera F.        Appellant
Appellant's counsel: Joseph H. Pedigo
Aames Capital Corporation
Appellee's counsel: Henry A Jakob

14-07-00146-CV Robert P. Markette, Jr. and Gilliland & Caudill,
L.L.P v. X-Ray X-Press Corporation Harris
Trial Court:        165th District Court
Trial Court Judge:        ELIZABETH RAY
Trial Court Case #:        2006-07709
Trial Court Reporter:        None per D/S
Robert P. Markette, Jr. and Gilliland & Caudill, L.L.P
Appellant's attorney:         John D. Gilpin
Zandra Elayne Foley
X-Ray X-Press Corporation
Appellees counsel: Jeffery B. Kaiser
George Frederick May

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 6/28/2007
AT 1:30 PM
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost)

14-05-01227-CR Cesar Andrade v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00477-CV Robert Duncan Burn Quinn and Thomas
Joseph McCartney v. Diamond Offshore (Bermuda) LTD. Harris

14-06-00696-CV
Harris County Flood Control District v. Roger Roberts, Et Al.
Harris
rial Court:        Co Civil Ct at Law No 2
Trial Court Judge:        Judge Gary Michael Block
Trial Court Case #:        769,730
Parties:
Harris County Flood Control District        Appellant
Appellant's attorneys:Laura Fiorentino Cahill. Michael R Hull
Roger Roberts, Et Al.
Appellee's attorneys: Scott James Conrad
J. Allen Smith
Andrew Paul Toubin
Katherine Leigh Killingsworth

14-06-00729-CR Navid Ghahremani v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00730-CR Navid Ghahremani v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00966-CV Prairie View A&M University and Doris Price,
Individually and as Vice President of Prairie View A&M and
George Wright, Individually and as President of Prairie View A&M
University v. Brian Dickens Harris
Trial Court:        164th District Court
Trial Court Judge:        MARTHA HILL JAMISON
Trial Court Case #:        2005-78225
Trial Court Reporter:        none per d/s (Tammy Adams)
Parties:
Prairie View A&M University and Doris Price, Individually and as
Vice President         Appellant
Appellant's attorneys: Heidi Marshall Maher, Thomas John Turner
Brian Dickens:
Appellee's attorney: Stanford Scott Boyd

Causes Set for Submission on Briefs

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/5/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00187-CV In the Interest of D.H., A.L., J.L.C., and C.C.
Brazoria

14-06-00712-CV Jose A. Landaverde v. Centurion Capital
Corporation Harris

14-06-00853-CV E.W. "Bill" Barrick Et Al v. CRT Disaster
Services, Inc. Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/6/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00323-CV Charles Sandel v. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation
Harris

14-06-00428-CV Wai-Ling Lee v. Rose Marie Palacios Harris

14-06-00908-CR Jonathan John Keegan v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-01091-CR Rodney James Harris v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-01157-CR Samuel Mortay Granderson v. The State of
Texas Washington

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/7/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost)

14-06-00459-CR Darryl Ray Houston v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-00501-CR John Henry Mearis v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00504-CR Joel Alfred Dixon v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00603-CV Micheal Cooke and All Occupants v. Terry
Mitchell Galveston

14-06-00849-CV Resource Home Health Services v. Acucare
Health Strategies Harris

14-06-01023-CV Virginia Pierson and all other occupants v.
Theresa Reynolds Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/12/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00238-CV In the Matter of C.R.G. Fort Bend

14-06-00549-CV Jeff Forrester and Kim Forrester v. Emmanuel
Ginn, Et Al Harris

14-06-00736-CR Christopher Vomakoyima Tita v. The State of
Texas Harris

14-06-00781-CR Michael McCardle v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-01039-CR Demon Wilson v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-01040-CR Demon Wilson v. The State of Texas Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/12/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Frost)

14-07-00040-CV Stan H. Looper and Cynthia M. Scott v. Diana
Castillo, Bruce H. Leslie, Reynaldo Garay and Houston
Community College System Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/13/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00491-CV Robert Lee Armstrong, Jr. v. Eddie Mae Harris
Galveston

14-06-00875-CR Steven Tri Dung Trinh v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-00968-CR Victor Alejandro Garcia v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-01097-CR Shondraill Antoine Mellix v. The State of Texas
Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/14/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost)

14-06-00633-CR Thomas Edward Williams v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-01143-CV Milyn Canada, Individually and on behalf of her
minor child, S.C v. Talen's Marine & Fuel, Inc. and Barry Miller
Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/26/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Guzman)

14-06-00538-CR Roberto Francisco Ramirez v. The State of
Texas Harris

14-06-00769-CV John Tsertos and Dundas Holdings, Inc. v.
Yammine Gabriel Yammine, Et Al Harris

14-06-00814-CR Brian Deshun Harrell v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-00815-CR Brian Deshun Harrell v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-01024-CR Curtis Lee Jones v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-01126-CV Keith James Halla v. Dina Marie Halla Galveston

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/27/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore)

14-06-00522-CR Brian William Doud v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00528-CR Antonio Sierra v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00612-CR Tremaine Deshaie Dickson v. The State of
Texas Harris

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 6/28/2007
(Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost)

14-06-00483-CV George K. Sheffield and Creed Corporation v.
John Gibson Harris

14-06-00837-CR Manuel Fuentes Mejia v. The State of Texas
Harris

14-06-00990-CR Luis Marroquin v. The State of Texas Harris

14-06-00991-CR Luis Marroquin v. The State of Texas Harris

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