Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Oral Arguments - 6/3/09

On June 3, 2009, the Court heard oral argument in the following cases:

AP-76,049, Humberto Leal v. State, an appeal from an order denying DNA testing in a capital murder case out of Bexar County.

Appellant's opening - Sandra L. Babcock
State's response - Alan E. Battaglia
Appellant's rebuttal
Looks like this one came straight from the trial court so there's no opinion on this issue. It's a death penalty case, and the unpublished opinion on direct appeal is outside the archived opinions range. Drat.

PD-1753-08, Ross Layton Ford v. State, a possession of marijuana case out of Fannin County.

State's argument - Lisa C. McMinn
Appellant waived
Here's a link to the underlying opinion. Here's a link to the underlying case information. And here's a link to my post when the CCA granted review.

PD-1055-08, Raymond Desmond Murray v. State, a forgery case out of Harris County.

State's opening - Donald W. Rogers
Appellant's response - Josh Schaffer
State's rebuttal.
Here's a link to the underlying opinion. Here's a link to the underlying case information. And here's a link to my post when the CCA granted review.

PD-1366-08, PD-1367-08, PD-1368-08, PD-1369-08, State v. Joseph Vital aka Joseph Votta, an appeal of a pretrial order in a possession-of-cocaine-possession-of-heroine-bail-jumping-failure-to-appear case out of Jackson County.

State's opening - Jim Vollers
Appellee's response - John T. Floyd
State's rebuttal
Here's a link to the underlying opinion, opinion, opinion, opinion. Here's a link to the underlying case information, information, information, information. And here's a link to my post when the CCA granted review.

PD-1530-08, Robert Lee Menefee v. State, a delivery of a controlled substance case out of Smith County.

State's argument - Michael West
Appellant waived (or ran into traffic)
Here's a link to the underlying opinion. Here's a link to the underlying case information. Here's a link to my post when the CCA granted review.

Bonus link to the CCA opinion and my post summarizing the opinion.