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Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED OCTOBER 26, 2000


Civil

Published:  

14-98-00154-CV

PPG Industries, Inc.
v.
JMB/Houston Center Partners Limited Partnership
  AFFIRMED (dissenting opinion by Justice Anderson to follow)
  Panel:   Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson
  Majority Opinion by:  Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  127th District Court (Hon. Sharolyn Wood)
  For appellant:  David W. Holman, Helen A. Casidy, Charles R. Dunn, W. Frances Moore, and David M. Gunn
  For appellee:  Lynne Liberato, Alene R. Levy, David Crump, and H. Bruce Golden


14-99-00201-CV

Rick D. Baty and Baty & Associates Insurance Agency, Inc.
v.
Protech Insurance Agency, et al.
  AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Opinion by:   Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  334th District Court (Hon. Russell Lloyd)
  For appellant:  William R. Burke and Jeff Nobles
  For appellee:  Louis K. Bonham, Joy Sadler, Marc R. Stanley, Roger L. Mandel, Michelle Heron Galindo, Stephen L. Lundwall, Richard P. Colquitt, Eric J. Mayer, and Jonathan Jeffrey Ross


14-99-00373-CV

Gramercy Insurance Company
v.
Arcadia Financial Ltd.
  REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by:   Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. Cynthia Crowe)
  For appellant:  George Dennis Sullivan and William O. Holston, Jr.
  For appellee:  Donald L. Turbyfill


14-00-00506-CV

RP&R, Inc.
v.
Robert Territo, Jr. and Leanne Territo
  AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. John S. Anderson
  Trial court:  212th District Court (Hon. Susan Criss)
  For appellant:  Jeffrey Robert Matthews and Toby C. Easley
  For appellee:  Charles M. Jordan and Thomas W. McQuage


 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-99-00038-CV

Linda M. Christians and Douglas K. Christians
v.
Linda J. Stafford
  REVERSED AND RENDERED (corrected opinion)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  215th District Court (Hon. Shearn Smith)
  For appellant:  D. Scott Funk
  For appellee:  Bernard Lilse Mathews, III


14-99-00536-CV

State Pipe & Supply, Inc. d/b/a Panther Pipe & Supply, Inc.
v.
Trident Steel Corporation
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
  Trial court:  165th District Court (Hon. P. K. Reiter)
  For appellant:  Robert G. Miller and Thomas P. Stone
  For appellee:  Daniel J. Kasprzak


14-00-00122-CV

Variety Children's Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Miami Children's Hospital
v.
The Estate of Megan Ashley Rifenburgh, Deceased; Ace Rifenburgh Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Megan Ashley Rifenburgh, Deceased and Linda Rifenburgh Individually and as Next Friend of Erin Rifenburgh, a Minor
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  11th District Court (Hon. Mark Davidson)
  For appellant:  Warren W. Harris
  For appellee:  Randall W. Wilson and F. Dean Armstrong


14-00-00151-CV

Santos Ltd.
v.
C. Barry Gibson
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by:   Hon. Don Wittig
  Trial court:  334th District Court (Hon. J. Dale Wainwright)
  For appellant:  Janet Douvas Chafin and Richard Earl Griffin
  For appellee:  Julius Glickman and Carolyn Roch Lyons


14-00-00230-CV

Tracker Marine, L.P.
v.
Ken Ogle and Randy Baccus
  REVERSED AND REMANDED
  Panel:  Justices Fowler, Frost, and Sondock (Sondock sitting by assignment)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  127th District Court (Hon. Sharolyn Wood)
  For appellant:  Jeffrey A. Kaplan, Michael Waldeck, Angela Green, Michael W. Youtt, Russell D. Workman, and Gregory Karl Evans
  For appellee:  Mark Alan Evetts, Thomas W. Paterson, and Terrell W. Oxford


14-00-00576-CV

Jeffrey Douglas, Ronda E. White-Douglas, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of her Minor Children, Jeremy White and Crystal Nicole White
v.
David Lee Cartwright, Brett Boudreaux, Metropolitan Transit Authority and the City of Houston
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Hudson, and Frost
  Trial court:  333rd District Court
  For appellant:  Oscar Matthew Telfair
  For appellee:  John Andrew Laboon


14-00-00583-CV

Michael C. Scally, M.D.
v.
Toni Suzanne Scally
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  312th District Court (Hon. Mary Ellen Hicks)
  For appellant:  L. T. Bradt
  For appellee:  Lawrence Behrmann and John M. McDermott


14-00-00772-CV

Joyce Crane
v.
J. Peyton Barnes, Jr., M.D.
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  189th District Court (Hon. Jeff Work)
  For appellant:  Damon R. Capps
  For appellee:  Gary Sommer


14-00-00997-CV

Lee-Hickman's Investment
v.
Alpha Invesco Corporation
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  234th District Court (Hon. Scott Brister)
  For appellant:  F. Richard Leach
  For appellee:  Steven A. Leyh


14-00-01204-CV

Law Firm of James Okorafor & Associates, P.C. and James Okorafor, Individually
v.
Bank One, Texas, N.A.
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 (Hon. Richard S. Hill)
  For appellant:  Chukwu Uwakwe Oko
  For appellee:  M. H. Cersonsky


Criminal

Published:  

14-98-00379-CR
14-98-00597-CR
14-98-00598-CR
14-98-00599-CR
14-98-00600-CR
14-98-00601-CR

William Johnson a/k/a William Coleman
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:  Hon. Bill Cannon (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  23rd District Court  (Hon. Allen Stilley)
  For appellant:  Buddy Stevens
  For appellee:  David Bosserman


14-98-01233-CR

Patrick Verness Tillman
v.
The State of Texas
  REVERSED AND REMANDED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Wittig, and Baird
  Majority Opinion by:   Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
  Dissenting Opinion by:  Hon. Don Wittig
  Trial court:  209th District Court (Hon. Jimmy James)
  For appellant:  Charles Hinton
  For appellee:  Julie Klibert


 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-97-00223-CR

Brian Steven Prejean
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (dissenting opinion by Justice Sears to follow)
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Majority Opinion by:   Hon. Bill Cannon (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. Lon Harper)
  For appellant:  Don D. Becker
  For appellee:  S. Elaine Roch


14-98-00687-CR

Stanley Craig Freeman
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 (Hon. Robin Brown)
  For appellant:  Charles Freeman
  For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III


14-98-00703-CR

Shaquan Jermaine Jelks
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Bill Cannon (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)
  For appellant:  Connie Brown Williams
  For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller


14-98-01074-CR

Kevin Wesley Jordan
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Dunn (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 (Hon. Mark Atkinson)
  For appellant:  James L. Steele
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-98-01122-CR
14-98-01123-CR
14-98-01124-CR

Readell Johnson
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Robertson, Sears, and Dunn (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:  Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  262nd District Court  (Hon. Lee Duggan, Jr.)
  For appellant:  R. P. Cornelius
  For appellee:  Eric Kugler


14-98-01136-CR

Larry Eugene Pennington
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. Don Jackson)
  For appellant:  Dixie Lee Pritchard
  For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller


14-99-00064-CR

Paul Randall Schielack
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (supplemental opinion on rehearing)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson
  Opinion by:   Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)
  For appellant:  Gerald K. Payte
  For appellee:  Julie Klibert


14-99-00570-CR

Matias Matt Espinoza, III
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Opinion by:   Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  179th District Court (Hon. Mike Wilkinson)
  For appellant:  Stephen Morris
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-99-00574-CR

Jesus Alex Vasquez
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  248th District Court (Hon. Jon Hughes)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-99-00640-CR
14-99-00641-CR

Christina Yvette Watson
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Opinion by:  Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 12  (Hon. Robin Brown)
  For appellant:  Paul Nugent
  For appellee:  Alan Curry


14-99-00645-CR

Joseph Torres
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (corrected opinion)
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost, and Lee
  Opinion by:   Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  337th District Court (Hon. Jon Hughes)
  For appellant:  Roger Bridgwater
  For appellee:  Alan Curry


14-99-00731-CR

Ouida Mersha Perkins
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  23rd District Court (Hon. Neil Caldwell)
  For appellant:  Faye Gordon
  For appellee:  David P. Bosserman


14-99-01151-CR

Gary Lee Dever
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  177th District Court (Hon. Carol Davies)
  For appellant:  James L. Mount
  For appellee:  Peyton Peebles, III


14-99-01240-CR

Jamie Michael Buie
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Opinion by:   Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  182nd District Court (Hon. Jeannine Barr)
  For appellant:  Michael P. Fosher
  For appellee:  Alan Curry


14-99-01378-CR

Wilford Joseph
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  155th District Court (Hon. Joe Dean)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Sherry L. Robinson


14-99-01390-CR

Carl Rudolph Alexander
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Robert Jones)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-00307-CR

Ruben Edgardo Davila
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Mike Anderson)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-00433-CR

Derek Elisha Clark
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  240th District Court (Hon. Henry Dalehite)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  John Harrity, III


14-00-00668-CR

Michael Shane Schlemeyer
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  338th District Court (Hon. Mary Bacon)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-01055-CR

Warren Joseph Castille
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  Brazoria County Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. Warren Joseph Blackstock)
  For appellant:  John Davis
  For appellee:  Jerilynn K. Yenne


14-00-01227-CR

Brent Alan Russell
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Hudson, and Frost
  Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-01232-CR

Jason Ray Salinas
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  179th District Court (Hon. J. Michael Wilkinson)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-01247-CR

Leon Lujan
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  248th District Court (Hon. Joan Campbell)
  For appellant:  Nancy G. Revelette
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


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