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Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED DECEMBER 9, 1999


Civil

Published:  

14-98-00394-CV

Richard Hotze
v.
Honorable Lee P. Brown and The City of Houston
  AFFIRMED
  Majority Opinion by:  Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei
  Trial court:  129th District Court (Hon. Patrick Mizell)
  For appellant:  Michael D. Weiss and Douglas John Schlachter
  For appellee:  Bertrand L. Pourteau, II and Judy K. Hatfield


14-98-00431-CV

Evenor Rivas
v.
The City of Houston and Joel Calfee
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
  Trial court:  151st District Court (Hon. Caroline E. Baker)
  For appellant:  Bill Robins and Robert Perry McConnell
  For appellee:  Richard John Urra and Andrea Chan


14-98-00818-CV

The City of Baytown
v.
Patricia Peoples, Pamela Mae Peoples, and Alvin Ira Miller
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  113th District Court (Hon. Patricia Hancock)
  For appellant:  Steven D. Selbe
  For appellee:  David (Trey) M. Stiles, III, Lauren S. Mattiuzzi, and Keith Edward Coulter


14-98-01257-CV

Timothy Curtis
v.
Ziff Energy Group, LTD. and Ziff Energy Management Corporation
  AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
  Opinion by:  Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  190th District Court (Hon. John P. Devine)
  For appellant:  Howard R. King
  For appellee:  Stewart A. Feldman and Randall L. Brim



 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority.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

14-98-00878-CV

Dave Zeger d/b/a Dave Zeger Entertainment
v.
Rocketball, Ltd., Charles Helpinstill d/b/a Ezra Charles and The Works
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. Lynn Bradshaw Hull)
  For appellant:  Priscilla D. Walters
  For appellee:  Michael S. Goldberg and G. Wesley Urquhart

 

14-98-01412-CV

Edward Crofton, et al.
v.
Monsanto Company, et a.
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  10th District Court (Hon. David E. Garner)
  For appellant:  Edwin Rainey and Newton B. Schwartz
  For appellee:  Frederick J. Bradford, Kenneth J. Bower, Mark Alan Calhoun, Walter Clay Cooke, James B. Harris, Douglas S. Craig, Thomas E. Bilek, George C. Martin, Philip A. Werner, Robert Hall, David Blackshear Mantor, Charles L. Berry, Douglas Chilton, Charmaine Aarons Holder, Carol Doyle, Richard J. Wilson, and James E. McNerney


Criminal

Published:  

14-98-00634-CR

Robert Gates Findlay
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 4 (Hon. James Anderson)
  For appellant:  Christian C. Samuelson
  For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III

 

14-99-01067-CR

Michael Wayne Potter
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
  Trial court:  209th District Court (Hon. Doug Shaver)
  For appellant:  Frank M. Sheppard, Jr.
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann



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

14-97-00520-CR

Noe Barahona aka Benitez Noe DeJesus
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Cynthia Hollingsworth (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper)
  For appellant:  Marguerite Hudig
  For appellee:  Julie Klibert

 

14-97-00855-CR

Victor Rodriguez
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Maurice Amidei
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Jim Barr)
  For appellant:  Henry L. Burkholder, III
  For appellee:  Carmen Castillo Mitchell

 

14-97-00990-CR

Roderic Waddell
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Majority Opinion by:  Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. Don Wittig
  Trial court:  184th District Court (Hon. Jan Krocker)
  For appellant:  Jonathan Munier and Patrick McCann
  For appellee:  Rikke Burke Graber

 

14-97-01050-CR

Tyson Monrow Mason
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  232nd District Court (Hon. A.D. Azios and Hon. Mary Lou Keel)
  For appellant:  Ray A. Castro
  For appellee:  Carol M. Cameron

 

14-97-01419-CR

Larry Simmons
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper)
  For appellant:  Alain G. Harvey
  For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller

 

14-98-00126-CR

Cedric Santoscoy
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  228th District Court (Hon. Ted Poe)
  For appellant:  Allen M. Tanner
  For appellee:  Robert F. McStay, Jr.

 

14-98-00212-CR

Walter Earl McNulty
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  209th District Court (Hon. Michael McSpadden)
  For appellant:  Ken J. McLean
  For appellee:  Carmen Castillo Mitchell


14-98-00525-CR

Ronald Wade Roberts
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  23rd District Court (Hon. Robert E. May)
  For appellant:  Paul G. Johnson
  For appellee:  David P. Bosserman

 

14-98-00590-CR
14-98-00591-CR

Booker Torrence Dotson
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
  Opinion by:  Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  351st District Court (Hon. Woody Densen and Hon. Mark Ellis)
  For appellant:  Henry L. Burkholder, III
  For appellee:  S. Elaine Roch

 

14-98-00653-CR

Jimmy Roy Mercer
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  338th District Court (Hon. Mary Bacon)
  For appellant:  Leroy Peavy
  For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller

 

14-98-00709-CR

Ian Derek Reize
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Doug Shaver)
  For appellant:  Jay T. Karahan
  For appellee:  Robert F. McStay, Jr.

 

14-98-00743-CR

Joel Jonathan Arzu
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
  For appellant:  Stephen Morris
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-98-00822-CR

Gerald Williams
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Trial court:  248th District Court (Hon. W. R. Voigt and Hon. A.D. Azios)
  For appellant:  David Cunningham
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann

 

14-98-00867-CR

Alan William Whitelaw aka William John
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Ross Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  337th District Court (Hon. Sam Robertson)
  For appellant:  George A. Scharmen
  For appellee:  Eric Kugler

 

14-98-01080-CR

Maria Adalinda Chicas
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. Sam Robertson (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  209th District Court (Hon. Michael McSpadden)
  For appellant:  Linna Mooring and Kenneth E. Goode
  For appellee:  Keli Pool Roper


14-98-01317-CR

Jerry Frank Birdwell
v.
The State of Texas
  REVERSED AND REMANDED
  Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Michael Peters)
  For appellant:  Brian W. Wice
  For appellee:  Carmen Castillo Mitchell

 

14-99-00136-CR

Alden D. Holford
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Opinion by:  Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 (Hon. Pam Derbyshire)
  For appellant:  Alden D. Holford
  For appellee:  Horace Teague

 

14-99-01270-CR

Keith Wayne Schmidt
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. Susan Brown)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


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