THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS



MAY 31, 2000



THE FOLLOWING ORDERS ARE ENTERED AND OPINIONS HANDED DOWN:







HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF GRANTED--OPINIONS BY THE COURT: (NON-PUBLISHED OPINIONS)



73,818         EX PARTE JOE ANTHONY GARCIA FROM BEXAR COUNTY

73,819         EX PARTE ADAN ORTA FROM NUECES COUNTY

73,820         EX PARTE QUANG TRUNG NGUYEN FROM HARRIS COUNTY



ON APPELLANT'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW:



1935-99         RICKY LYNN SMITH FROM FREESTONE COUNTY

                      APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED ON GROUND 1;

                      JUDGMENT OF COURT OF APPEALS VACATED;

                      CAUSE REMANDED TO COURT OF APPEALS--PER CURIAM OPINION

                      NON-PUBLISHED OPINION



ON STATE'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW:



0578-99         ELBERT MICHAEL HOMAN FROM ANDERSON COUNTY

  JUDGMENT OF COURT OF APPEALS REVERSED;

  CAUSE REMANDED TO COURT OF APPEALS--OPINION JUDGE HOLLAND

  DISSENTING OPINION JUDGE JOHNSON

  PUBLISHED OPINION



APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW REFUSED:



0195-00         COVINGTON, WILLIAM ANTHONY TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00501-CR

0196-00         COVINGTON, WILLIAM ANTHONY TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00502-CR

0197-00         COVINGTON, WILLIAM ANTHONY TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00503-CR

0198-00         COVINGTON, WAYNE ANTHONY TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00504-CR

0199-00         COVINGTON, WILLIAM ANTHONY TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00505-CR

0247-00         HUNT, JERRY FRED POTTER COUNTY 07-99-00061-CR

0250-00         GARCIA, REYES H. HARRIS COUNTY 01-98-01297-CR

0361-00         HELLESON, BILLIE GENE, JR. (#1) TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00410-CR

0403-00         DOMINGUEZ, SAMMY HARRIS COUNTY 01-98-01298-CR

0453-00         LEWIS, JAYSON ERWIN HARRIS COUNTY 01-99-00533-CR

0569-00         ALEXANDER, ROBERT MITCHELL HARRIS COUNTY 01-98-00506-CR

0638-00         REESE, EX PARTE TODD WESLEY TRAVIS COUNTY 03-99-00199-CR

STATE'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW REFUSED:

0361-00         HELLESON, BILLIE GENE, JR (#2). TARRANT COUNTY 02-98-00410-CR



APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW DISMISSED:



1449-99         JAMES KEVIN COURSON BRAZORIA COUNTY 14-99-00005-CR



APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW REFUSED AS UNTIMELY FILED:



1005-00         CLESTER BOE ROGERS ELLIS COUNTY 10-98-00085-CR



APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED:



0281-00         THOMAS RAY BATTS HARRIS COUNTY 01-99-00385-CR

                       (NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)



0301-00         CHERYL STRINGER PIERCE DALLAS COUNTY 05-95-00725-CR

                       (ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)



APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:



12,495-09         FREDDIE LEE MYLES HARRIS COUNTY

16,321-02         TYRONE HALL ANDERSON COUNTY

16,861-10         STEVE RAMON TRAVIS COUNTY

16,861-11         STEVE RAMON TRAVIS COUNTY

16,893-04         GEORGE GARZA HAYS COUNTY

23,018-03         DANIEL ESCATIOLA NUECES COUNTY

25,892-05         IVAN MARSHALL NUECES COUNTY

29,038-07         ROSENDO FERNANDO ROSALES PECOS COUNTY

34,044-02         ARNOLDO DIMAS WALKER COUNTY

36,553-04         CECIL DOUGLAS MCLENNAN COUNTY

36,719-02         ROBERT PAUL VAUGHN TARRANT COUNTY

37,776-02         GLEN ALVIN PRESCHER TARRANT COUNTY

38,274-03         DARYL CONTRA SOWELL HARRIS COUNTY

4,491-15           ELIBERTO GARCIA REYNA MADISON COUNTY

40,725-02         STEVEN GREGORY SANCHEZ CAMERON COUNTY

43,371-03         SCOTT JAMES ENGLE HARRIS COUNTY

43,371-04         SCOTT JAMES ENGLE HARRIS COUNTY

43,696-02         JERRY SIMMONS HARRIS COUNTY

43,794-02         WALLACE J. EATON GREGG COUNTY

44,459-02         DANIEL JAY SANFORD TARRANT COUNTY

44,894-02         RAMON URESTI JR. DALLAS COUNTY

44,939-01         TIMOTHY DEAN SCOTT HOOD COUNTY

45,030-02         MICHAEL MCCORMICK TARRANT COUNTY

45,116-01         ENRIQUE CORONADO MENDIOLA COLLIN COUNTY

                         (JUDGE HOLLAND NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,168-01         JOHN WILLIAM CORLEY III COMAL COUNTY

45,195-01         LEON TRAVIS HURD DALLAS COUNTY

45,223-01         FRANK JAMES MARSHALL TRAVIS COUNTY

45,245-01         ROBERTO RIOS SAN PATRICIO COUNTY

45,261-02         CECIL WAYNE TOLBERT DENTON COUNTY

45,277-01         SCOTTY RAY KELLY COLLIN COUNTY

                         (JUDGE HOLLAND NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,287-01         FEDERICO VALLEJO TRAVIS COUNTY

45,291-01         ALEX E. SANTOS HARRIS COUNTY

45,297-01         ALEJANDRO MENDEZ COUNTY

45,298-01         RUSSELL LEFAN TARRANT COUNTY

45,301-01         DANIEL PATRICK MOSES CHEROKEE COUNTY

45,302-01         ROBERT MOORE BEXAR COUNTY

45,349-02         DONALD RAY LEWIS HARRIS COUNTY

45,352-02         LARRY CORMIER FAYETTE COUNTY

45,355-01         JAY YOON CHUNG DENTON COUNTY

45,361-01         MARC GRIFFIN ANDERSON COUNTY

45,383-01         DELMIRO LICHTENBERGER GONZALES COUNTY

45,402-01         TERRI WILHITE DALLAS COUNTY

45,405-01         JAMES A. BAKER BRAZOS COUNTY

45,467-02         EDGGAR EDWARDS HARRIS COUNTY

45,468-01         EVERETT LLOYD TIMS HARRIS COUNTY

45,477-01         JOHNNY WILLIAM HENNINGTON JR. TARRANT COUNTY

45,513-01         RALPH WHITE JR. NAVARRO COUNTY

45,568-01         GREGORY VELA JR. GONZALES COUNTY

45,592-01         LIONEL LEON THOMAS BRAZORIA COUNTY

45,599-01         MARK ALAN GOSS DALLAS COUNTY

45,601-01         BOBBY DAVENPORT HALE COUNTY

45,601-02         BOBBY DAVENPORT HALE COUNTY

45,607-01         MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CANTU CAMERON COUNTY

7,927-04          JIMMY GLENN CROCKER DALLAS COUNTY

8,744-03          EDWARD ELDON CORLEY MCLENNAN COUNTY

9,534-18         WILLIAM E. SPAULDING III JACKSON COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(ON TRIAL COURT FINDINGS WITHOUT HEARING)

14,229-10         NATHANIEL HENDERSON CORYELL COUNTY

20,816-02         CALVIN LEWIS RUSHING ANGELINA COUNTY

20,830-02         BEN MILLER HARRIS COUNTY

22,650-04         JUAN GARCIA MARTINEZ CAMERON COUNTY

22,650-05         JUAN GARCIA MARTINEZ CAMERON COUNTY

35,996-03         MICHAEL EUGENE PICKETT HARRIS COUNTY

39,837-02         LEIGHTON LEE PETERS DALLAS COUNTY

4,491-14           ELIBERTO GARCIA REYNA HARRIS COUNTY

41,033-02         BUDDY GLENN SMITH WOOD COUNTY

43,418-02         GERALD VAN ALEXANDER HARRIS COUNTY

43,809-02         DOLPH BOEN MCLENNAN COUNTY

43,971-01         PAMELA D. OWENS BOWIE COUNTY

44,338-02         ANTHONY MONTGOMERY HARRIS COUNTY

44,795-02         BRYAN SCOTT CAVETT HAMILTON COUNTY

44,913-01         BRANDT ALAN PANKEY TARRANT COUNTY

44,989-01         JUAN CASS BEE COUNTY

45,100-01         ENRIQUE G. YANEZ BEXAR COUNTY

45,143-01         KEVIN WAYNE WILLIAMS MCLENNAN COUNTY

45,162-01         FABRICIO MOLINA DALLAS COUNTY

45,170-01         GERALD WAYNE BROWN MCLENNAN COUNTY

45,172-01         JOSEPH FENNER TRAVIS COUNTY

45,251-01         ALLEN GREEN FORT BEND COUNTY

45,251-02         ALLEN GREEN FORT BEND COUNTY

45,254-01         GREGORY THOMAS WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                          (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,254-02         GREGORY THOMAS WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                          (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,267-01         LARRY JAY WILLIAMS HARRIS COUNTY

45,280-01         CLAUDE JOHNSON RUNNELS COUNTY

45,299-01         RUSSELL R. JOHNSON MONTGOMERY COUNTY

45,304-01         WILLIE MAE HIGH GREGG COUNTY

45,309-01         ELUID GARCIA WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                         (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,312-01         TERRY DEWAYNE DANIELS HARRIS COUNTY

45,314-01         CHARLES A. GUNN LAMPASAS COUNTY

45,327-01         CLINTON CODY BROWN TARRANT COUNTY

45,382-01         BYRON DEMORN FOGGLE DALLAS COUNTY

45,411-01         EDDIE KERRY KELLY HARRIS COUNTY

45,433-01         CLAUDE LUIS MELLOR BELL COUNTY

45,452-01         IVAN LAIRD HUTCHINSON TARRANT COUNTY

45,481-01         GREGORY LEE TORTI DALLAS COUNTY

45,485-01         TERRY BENEFIELD WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                         (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,514-01         ROBERT LEE COPELAND III TAYLOR COUNTY

45,541-01         CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSON JR. MCLENNAN COUNTY

45,595-01          THOMAS REDDEN WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                           (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

45,606-01         LAWRENCE C. SHIRLEY TARRANT COUNTY

45,632-01         JOSE DOLORES NEVAREZ EL PASO COUNTY

45,632-02         JOSE DOLORES NEVAREZ EL PASO COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

10,607-05         JOSE ANTONIO SARACHO HOWARD COUNTY

14,077-04         STEVEN ARTHUR GARLAND DALLAS COUNTY

26,642-04         DAVID STEELMAN WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                          (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)


26,642-05         DAVID STEELMAN WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                          (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

38,893-06         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

41,065-01         LENNOX OLIVER DENTON DALLAS COUNTY

41,065-01         LENNOX OLIVER DENTON DALLAS COUNTY

41,474-02         JOE C. LOZANO TARRANT COUNTY

41,781-04         JOHN CHANDLER LEWIS BRAZOS COUNTY

42,579-04         KURT HEBERT NUECES COUNTY

42,880-04         MICHAEL FLORES WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                         (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

42,881-02         MARCUS BOYKINS HARDIN COUNTY

43,226-02         LARRY RUDOLPH REED JR. TARRANT COUNTY

43,747-03         LUZ DE LOS SANTOS HOWARD COUNTY

43,747-04         LUZ DE LOS SANTOS HOWARD COUNTY

43,990-02         BOBBY JOE JACKSON TAYLOR COUNTY

44,177-01         EFRAIN GARCIA REFUGIO COUNTY

44,177-01         EFRAIN GARCIA REFUGIO COUNTY

44,297-02         GREGORIO DURAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

44,975-01         RAYMOND EDWARD SALAZAR EL PASO COUNTY

45,218-01         GLEN DALE CLEVELAND ANDREWS COUNTY

45,235-01         JAMES B. WESTMORELAND DALLAS COUNTY

45,239-01         DAVID WAYNE ROGERS HARRIS COUNTY

45,242-01         BILLIE SHEPHERD HARRIS COUNTY

45,275-01         RORY JAY LAWSON HOWARD COUNTY

45,290-01         STEVEN D. SMITH DALLAS COUNTY

45,296-01         RUSSELL WAYNE MURRAY TARRANT COUNTY

45,315-01         JACKIE ROSS GRUMBLES LAMPASAS COUNTY

45,344-01         ALAN LEE BENEDICT WICHITA COUNTY

45,414-01         ANTONIO CORREA PEREZ LLANO COUNTY

45,431-01         ROBERT MORRIS SMITH BELL COUNTY

45,448-01         DARIAN WADE HUMPHREY TARRANT COUNTY

45,454-01         ROGER A. BORKOWSKI TARRANT COUNTY

45,457-01         PHILLIP KARL CURRY DALLAS COUNTY

45,467-01         EDGGAR EDWARDS HARRIS COUNTY

45,473-01         JOE LEO HERNANDEZ VICTORIA COUNTY

45,482-01         L. W. MCCUIN JR. TARRANT COUNTY

45,486-01         FRANK F. HANDY TARRANT COUNTY

45,537-01         DERRICK LAMART RAMSEY NUECES COUNTY

45,546-01         JEREMIAH F. YBARRA PECOS COUNTY

45,548-01         TOMMIE LEE VAUGHN JR. BELL COUNTY

45,549-01         RICHARD CALVIN WILSON TRAVIS COUNTY

45,551-01         PAUL HOGUE JR. BELL COUNTY

45,565-01         JOE TRUAN NUECES COUNTY

45,573-01         EDDIE W. RICHARDS TARRANT COUNTY

45,578-01         GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ TARRANT COUNTY

45,586-01         NATHAN BLAKE TARRANT COUNTY

45,600-01         ROBERT LEE CURRY MCLENNAN COUNTY

45,602-01         VINCE A. BENNETT MCLENNAN COUNTY

45,617-01         ALLEN D. BEAVERS TARRANT COUNTY



APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(DIRECT APPEAL PENDING)

45,157-01         LUIS SANTOS LAGAITE WALKER COUNTY

45,523-01         EDDIE HALL HARRIS COUNTY

45,611-01         MARIO GILBERTO CORTEZ DALLAS COUNTY

8,074-11           ARCHIE A. HUNTER JR. HARRIS COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(ART. 11.07, SEC.4)

12,466-04         LLOYD MICHAEL HAMBY SUTTON COUNTY

24,259-03         CLIFFORD FAIRFAX ANDREWS COUNTY

24,743-02         HAROLD DEAN COOKSEY COKE COUNTY

24,849-03         THOMAS ELTON HOLDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY

                         (JUDGE WOMACK NOT PARTICIPATING)

28,244-06         INOCENCIO VALDERAS JR. TRAVIS COUNTY

3,839-14           JAMES EARL HALL HARRIS COUNTY

30,864-02         GARY LEVERNE EVERETT DALLAS COUNTY

32,975-02         ATIF JANJUA HARRIS COUNTY

33,937-07         VINCENT SMITH JEFFERSON COUNTY

34,056-02         MARVIN GAY PAGE DALLAS COUNTY

35,171-03         GERALD MYRON WILLIAMS NACOGDOCHES COUNTY

37,549-02         EDWARD CLAYTON BROOKSHIRE SMITH COUNTY

38,805-02         THOMAS MATTHEW JR. NEVEU FORT BEND COUNTY

38,893-07         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

38,893-08         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

38,893-09         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

38,893-10         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

38,893-11         KYLE CHARLES MATHEWS HARRIS COUNTY

4,163-20          RAYMOND JACKSON DALLAS COUNTY

40,696-02         PAUL JEROME DAVIS TARRANT COUNTY

40,921-04         LUIS ALFREDO GUTIERREZ HARRIS COUNTY

41,634-03         MARK MCKELVEY DALLAS COUNTY

7,815-07           JAMES DEWAYNE MCHENRY NAVARRO COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REMANDED TO TRIAL COURT:

39,655-05         MICHAEL KEITH DOUGLAS BEXAR COUNTY

45,378-01         LARRY DARNELL BROWN TRAVIS COUNTY

45,420-01         JOSEPH JAMES FALCETTA JR. SMITH COUNTY

45,421-01         DARRELL WAFER ANDERSON COUNTY

45,464-01         MICHAEL W. PARKER TRAVIS COUNTY

45,466-01         COREY D. FARROW COLORADO COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS ORDERED FILED & SET FOR SUBMISSION:

42,583-01         JOE ANTHONY GARCIA BEXAR COUNTY

44,094-06         HARVEY GENE LOYD HARRIS COUNTY

44,935-02         QUANG TRANG NGUYEN HARRIS COUNTY

45,196-01         ADAN ORTA NUECES COUNTY

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED WITHOUT

WRITTEN ORDER:

15,666-03         STEVE H. WALKER EL PASO COUNTY

23,091-19         KURBY GERALD DECKER CLAY COUNTY

32,975-03         ATIF JANJUA HARRIS COUNTY

34,005-03         LEROY SIMMONS JR. COUNTY

35,996-02         MICHAEL EUGENE PICKETT HARRIS COUNTY

4,491-13           ELIBERTO GARCIA REYNA HARRIS COUNTY

40,136-07         PAUL STURGEON HARRIS COUNTY

40,921-03         LUIS ALFREDO GUTIERREZ HARRIS COUNTY

43,081-02         MICHAELA G. COLSON COUNTY

43,371-02         SCOTT JAMES ENGLE HARRIS COUNTY

43,696-01         JERRY SIMMONS HARRIS COUNTY

44,894-01         RAMON URESTI JR. DALLAS COUNTY

44,935-01         QUANG TRANG NGUYEN HARRIS COUNTY

45,192-01         RALPH MURILLO JR. DALLAS COUNTY

45,349-01         DONALD RAY LEWIS HARRIS COUNTY

45,352-02         LARRY CORMIER FAYETTE COUNTY

45,399-01         GARY KEITH ROGERS COUNTY

45,521-01         PAUL FRANK COUNTY

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS HELD IN ABEYANCE

17,660-13         ESEQUIEL RODRIGUEZ HARRIS COUNTY

28,354-09         IMARI ABYBAKARI OBADELE HARRIS COUNTY

41,539-02         TROY RICHARDSON HARRIS COUNTY

43,614-02         LARRY MORENO MARQUEZ HARRIS COUNTY

45,443-01         ROBERT J. JR. HARVEY HARRIS COUNTY

45,445-01         TONY WILLIAMS HARRIS COUNTY

45,495-01         JEFFERY SNEED HARRIS COUNTY

45,604-01         ROBERT LEE ROSALES LUBBOCK COUNTY

45,613-01         KENNETH W. JOHNSON HARRIS COUNTY

ARTICLE 11.071 APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:

45,179-01         ALLEN BRIDGERS SMITH COUNTY

45,219-01         DOMINIQUE JEROME GREEN HARRIS COUNTY

45,249-01         ELROY CHESTER JEFFERSON COUNTY



MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:



23,861-02         ANTHONY PHILLIP YARNELL TRAVIS COUNTY

34,005-04         LEROY SIMMONS, JR. UNKNOWN





ARTICLE 11.071 APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:



35,570-04         RICKY NOLEN MCGINN BROWN COUNTY

                          (JUDGE MEYERS WOULD DENY)

                          (JUDGES MANSFIELD, PRICE AND HOLLAND WOULD GRANT A STAY AND

                          ORDER RETESTING OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE)