THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS


SEPTEMBER 23, 1998


THE FOLLOWING ORDERS ARE ENTERED AND OPINIONS HANDED DOWN:



72,475 LEONARD URESTI ROJAS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY

AFFIRMED--OPINION JUDGE MEYERS

(JUDGE BAIRD NOT PARTICIPATING)

(JUDGE OVERSTREET DISSENTS TO POINTS SIX AND TWELVE)

CONCURRING OPINION JUDGE KELLER

(PRESIDING JUDGE MCCORMICK JOINS)

72,612 JORGE VILLANUEVA FROM HARRIS COUNTY

AFFIRMED--OPINION JUDGE KELLER

(JUDGE BAIRD CONCURS WITH NOTE)

(JUDGE OVERSTREET CONCURS IN THE RESULT)

72,848 EX PARTE MICHAEL CHARLES THOMAS FROM BEXAR COUNTY

RELIEF DENIED--PER CURIAM OPINION

HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF GRANTED--OPINIONS BY THE COURT:

73,166 EX PARTE JOSEPH ALBERT LAZNOVSKY FROM ELLIS COUNTY

73,167 EX PARTE CEDRIC RODELL SMITH FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,168 EX PARTE BILLY SHANE LONG FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,169 EX PARTE BILLY SHANE LONG FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,170 EX PARTE JACKIE RAY FULLER FROM UPSHUR COUNTY

73,171 EX PARTE BURLEY REVIA FROM JASPER COUNTY

73,172 EX PARTE KENNETH RAY NED FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY

73,173 EX PARTE MICHAEL HOSEA FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,174 EX PARTE WILLIE ELTON CLARK FROM BELL COUNTY

73,175 EX PARTE DAVID STANTON EDWARDS FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,176 EX PARTE DAVID STANTON EDWARDS FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,177 EX PARTE DAVID STANTON EDWARDS FROM HARRIS COUNTY

73,179 EX PARTE CHARLES COLEMAN MORGAN FROM HIDALGO COUNTY

ON APPELLANT'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW:

1474-97 WILLIAM SATTERWHITE, JR. FROM JACKSON COUNTY

JUDGMENT OF COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMED--OPINION PRESIDING JUDGE MCCORMICK

CONCURRING OPINION JUDGE MANSFIELD

DISSENTING OPINION JUDGE PRICE

(JUDGES BAIRD, OVERSTREET AND MEYERS JOIN)

0003-98 JESUS REICH-BACOT FROM DALLAS COUNTY

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED--PER CURIAM OPINION

(JUDGE BAIRD DISSENTS WITH NOTE)

(JUDGE OVERSTREET DISSENTS)

DISSENTING OPINION JUDGE MANSFIELD

APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW REFUSED:

0649-98 COOPER, ALVIN RAY LUBBOCK COUNTY 07-89-00365-CR

0758-98 VAUGHAN, JASON EARL GALVESTON COUNTY 01-96-00224-CR

0768-98 GONZALEZ, GUILLERMO HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-01067-CR

0769-98 JIMENEZ, JOSE HERNANDEZ DALLAS COUNTY 05-96-01238-CR

0783-98 GREEN, RODNEY WAYNE HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00419-CR

0786-98 MOLINA, EDWARD HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00197-CR

0787-98 WATSON, PAUL WESLEY HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-01516-CR

0823-98 REDO, JOSEPH FRANK JEFFERSON COUNTY 09-97-00099-CR

0824-98 SPENCER, RICHARD HARRIS COUNTY 14-95-01456-CR

0825-98 GUILLORY, SHANNON TROY HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00066-CR

0827-98 TEMPLETON, THOMAS WARDELL HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00347-CR

0862-98 ATHANS, GARY W. (PDR #2) BURLESON COUNTY 01-96-01084-CR

0866-98 PARKS, VICKY LYNN HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-01193-CR

0867-98 PARKS, VICKY LYNN HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-01194-CR

0868-98 JACOBS, DEMARCUS L. HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01548-CR

0889-98 WILSON, SHERMAN HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-00663-CR

0890-98 BLOUNT, COREY LYNELL HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-00497-CR

0891-98 BLOUNT, COREY LYNELL HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-00498-CR

0893-98 CASTRO, ANDREW PHILLIP BRAZORIA COUNTY 01-96-00739-CR

0898-98 LEMUS, JOSE, JR. HARRIS COUNTY 01-94-00617-CR

0899-98 TURNER, JAMES CURTIS HARRIS COUNTY 10-97-00476-CR

0932-98 GARCIA, BALDOMERO, JR. CAMERON COUNTY 13-97-00331-CR

0934-98 ANDRAS, CASSANDRA ANN HARRIS COUNTY 11-96-00146-CR

0935-98 ANDRAS, CASSANDRA ANN HARRIS COUNTY 11-96-00147-CR

0941-98 YRDANOFF, LISA A. DALLAS COUNTY 05-96-01519-CR

0943-98 WILLIAMS, CHARLES TREVELL DALLAS COUNTY 05-97-00631-CR

0944-98 BUCHANAN, THOMAS ARNELL DALLAS COUNTY 05-95-01253-CR

0946-98 RAMOS, MOISES SAENZ PECOS COUNTY 08-96-00441-CR

0947-98 RAMOS, MOISES SAENZ PECOS COUNTY 08-96-00442-CR

0974-98 DOUGLAS, TONNIE BERNARD DALLAS COUNTY 05-96-01376-CR

0979-98 MEDELLIN, JOSE ARTURO HARRIS COUNTY 01-97-00392-CR

0989-98 GIORDANO, STEVEN NUECES COUNTY 13-96-00285-CR

0992-98 HESS, GERARD JOSEPH BEXAR COUNTY 04-96-00478-CR

1003-98 BUI, THIEU QUANG HARRIS COUNTY 06-97-00032-CR

1022-98 HUNTER, MARY LAVERNE TARRANT COUNTY 02-97-00318-CR

1023-98 HUNTER, MARY LAVERNE TARRANT COUNTY 02-97-00319-CR

1039-98 ROGERS, KELVIN GERED HARRIS COUNTY 01-92-00067-CR

1061-98 JOHNS III, CLIFTON DONALD HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01419-CR

1062-98 JOHNS III, CLIFTON DONALD HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01420-CR

1063-98 JOHNS III, CLIFTON DONALD HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01421-CR

1064-98 JOHNS III, CLIFTON DONALD HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01422-CR

1092-98 WATSON, WILLIAM DARYL GUADALUPE COUNTY 04-97-00663-CR

1095-98 HAWKINS, DONALD LEE HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01547-CR

1098-98 PENRIGHT, TIMOTHY TREMAINE HARRIS COUNTY 01-97-00395-CR

1101-98 CALDERON, CESAR HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01227-CR

1102-98 GREEN, WILLIAM K. HARRIS COUNTY 01-97-00011-CR

1103-98 BELL, KENNETH EUGENE HARRIS COUNTY 01-95-01390-CR

1131-98 WEST, JOHN ROBERT TARRANT COUNTY 02-97-00188-CR

1137-98 CARRANZA, JUAN MARCIAL HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01033-CR

1138-98 DALTON, BRENT ALAN HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01189-CR

1143-98 JENKINS, WILLIAM WARREN HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-00016-CR

1144-98 JENKINS, WILLIAM WARREN HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-00017-CR

1152-98 ANDERSON, FREDRICK WAYNE DALLAS COUNTY 05-97-00408-CR

1153-98 OLIVER, CHARLES LEE DALLAS COUNTY 05-95-01845-CR

1171-98 PAIGE, THOMAS LOVE HARRIS COUNTY 06-97-00070-CR

1172-98 COWART, JIMMIE HARRIS COUNTY 06-97-00059-CR

1175-98 PATE, CHEYENNE LIMESTONE COUNTY 10-97-00015-CR

1177-98 ELIFF, ANTHONY MADISON COUNTY 10-96-00116-CR

1181-98 HOUSTON, GEORGE ALEXANDER HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-00021-CR

1183-98 DIXON, KIMBERLY NUECES COUNTY 13-96-00198-CR

1184-98 LOPEZ, ELIFONSO CAMERON COUNTY 13-96-00531-CR

1185-98 PEREZ, EDWARD BEXAR COUNTY 13-97-00500-CR

1186-98 MORRISON, ARTHUR DALLAS COUNTY 05-96-00415-CR

1187-98 MIMS, RANDALL LEE ROCKWALL COUNTY 05-96-00803-CR

1196-98 BROWN, JAMES LAMONT LUBBOCK COUNTY 07-97-00323-CR

1218-98 BERNAL, MARICELA HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00214-CR

1244-98 DIAZ, SAMUEL MEDRANO HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-01167-CR

1245-98 DAVIS, CEDRIC A. HARRIS COUNTY 14-97-00016-CR

1246-98 JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER HARRIS COUNTY 14-96-00563-CR

1247-98 MITCHELL, ARTHUR LAMAR HARRIS COUNTY 14-95-01074-CR

1248-98 NICHOLS, TERRY GLENN VAN ZANDT COUNTY 12-97-00299-CR

1252-98 NASH, VICTOR GAY TARRANT COUNTY 02-97-00394-CR

1275-98 MCCALL, ANTHONY QUINN ANGELINA COUNTY 09-94-00279-CR

1278-98 SLANKARD, ELI WATSON, JR. MONTGOMERY COUNTY 09-97-00195-CR

1279-98 SLANKARD, ELI WATSON, JR. MONTGOMERY COUNTY 09-97-00196-CR

1284-98 POUNCY, MICHAEL DEWAYNE HARRIS COUNTY 10-97-00140-CR

1285-98 HOUSTON, SHAWN NASQUITA HARRIS COUNTY 10-97-00142-CR

1358-98 CORTHRON, CASEY DEAN COLLIN COUNTY 05-93-00123-CR

(JUDGE HOLLAND NOT PARTICIPATING)

1360-98 PLOCHECK, STEPHEN MICHAEL HARRIS COUNTY 01-98-00281-CR

STATE'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW REFUSED:

0793-98 LEAL, JOHNNY (SPA #1) ATASCOSA COUNTY 04-96-00891-CR

0793-98 LEAL, JOHNNY (DA #2) ATASCOSA COUNTY 04-96-00891-CR

0862-98 ATHANS, GARY W. (PDR #1) BURLESON COUNTY 01-96-01084-CR

(PRESIDING JUDGE MCCORMICK, JUDGES MANSFIELD AND KELLER WOULD GRANT ON GROUND NO. 1)

APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED:

0538-98 VIE LE, JOHN BAPTIST HARRIS COUNTY 14-94-01265-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 1 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0688-98 GALE, GARY DUANE, JR. TARRANT COUNTY 02-97-00114-CR

(ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)



0788-98 HOWLAND, GENE EDWARD BRAZORIA COUNTY 01-96-00283-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 1 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0789-98 HOWLAND, GENE EDWARD BRAZORIA COUNTY 01-96-00306-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 1 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0790-98 HOWLAND, GENE EDWARD BRAZORIA COUNTY 01-96-00307-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 1 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0791-98 HOWLAND, GENE EDWARD BRAZORIA COUNTY 01-96-00308-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 1 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0828-98 SEALS, CYNTHIA ANN TAYLOR COUNTY 11-96-00346-CR

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0996-98 SMITH, JERRY T. GARZA COUNTY 07-97-00032-CR

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

STATE'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED:

0731-98 PHILLIPS, ROY LEE HAMILTON COUNTY 10-97-00148-CR

(GRANTED ON GROUND NO. 3 ONLY)

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

0762-98 AGUIRRE-MATA, MARCELINO HARRIS COUNTY 01-96-01147-CR

(NO ORAL ARGUMENT PERMITTED)

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

3,226-04 S. J. WILBURN FROM CAMERON COUNTY

36,754-02 PATRICK BOUVIA KIMBLE DALLAS COUNTY

37,621-01 LARRY GLEN WIDNER PARMER COUNTY

37,621-02 LARRY GLEN WIDNER PARMER COUNTY

37,621-03 LARRY GLEN WIDNER PARMER COUNTY

37,794-02 JAMES DENNIS JONES TARRANT COUNTY

38,723-01 JERRY P. CREEKMORE WILSON COUNTY

38,736-01 DOUGLAS A. MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON COUNTY

38,778-01 DOUGLAS EUGENE MEDLEY ROBERTS COUNTY

38,783-01 REGINALD JEROME HAMILTON ANGELINA COUNTY

38,788-01 LOUIS ANGEL OLVERA HALE COUNTY

38,811-01 KARRY RODRIGUEZ NACOGDOCHES COUNTY

38,814-01 KELVIN THURMAN BRAZOS COUNTY

38,841-01 LARRY RUSSO TARRANT COUNTY

38,864-01 KENNETH L. SLATEN TITUS COUNTY

38,885-01 WILLIE LEE JOHNSON HARRIS COUNTY

38,892-01 FRED A. COLLINS JR. HENDERSON COUNTY

38,900-01 LESTER BURRELL JEFFERSON COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(ON TRIAL COURT FINDINGS WITHOUT HEARING)

11,403-03 CHARLES LARRY MITCHELL TARRANT COUNTY

32,448-02 EDDIE WAGGNER MARTIN WICHITA COUNTY

35,852-01 KHANH QUOC TRAN TRAVIS COUNTY

35,852-02 KHANH QUOC TRAN TRAVIS COUNTY

36,267-02 GODFREY GARCIA NUECES COUNTY

36,891-01 JAMES WESLEY SCHEXNIDER ORANGE COUNTY

36,930-01 MICHAEL L. HALEY ANGELINA COUNTY

37,553-01 LLOYDE ROBINSON ECTOR COUNTY

37,754-01 DYLAN BRANDON LONG DALLAS COUNTY

37,822-02 DEBRA ANN GORMAN HARRIS COUNTY

38,010-01 CHRISTINO NAVA ALVORADO CASS COUNTY

38,472-01 JAMES E. TEAGLE NAVARRO COUNTY

38,716-01 DAVID CEARNAL TRAVIS COUNTY

38,775-01 JACKIE NOLAN KOCKS MIDLAND COUNTY

38,780-01 LEONARD EARL WILLIAM MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,804-01 FREDERICK LEE MCLENNAN MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,806-01 GARY WAYNE WALTON MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,820-01 MICHAEL D. SUROVIK MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,822-01 MICHAEL LEVIEGE DALLAS COUNTY

38,828-01 PAUL EDWARD DIXON MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,830-01 KALA ABRAM MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,830-02 KALA ABRAM MCLENNAN COUNTY

38,839-01 LUIS ALBERT ZELAYA HARRIS COUNTY

38,840-01 CURTIS RAY WOLF HARRIS COUNTY

38,888-01 MICHAEL LEE WALKER HARRIS COUNTY

38,908-01 KEN EDWARD JONES DALLAS COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(ON TRIAL COURT FINDINGS WITH HEARING)

37,310-01 DIANA LYNN DEWS SMITH COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:

36,948-01 DOMINIQUE EDWARD JOHNSON ECTOR COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

23,113-02 JUAN JESUS PENA NUECES COUNTY

23,812-02 PEARLY EDWARD TELL COLLIN COUNTY

(JUDGE HOLLAND NOT PARTICIPATING)

31,987-02 ABE RAY HERRERA III WILSON COUNTY

38,833-01 HORACE RAY NEAL NAVARRO COUNTY

38,835-01 REMIGIO A. MARTINEZ BEXAR COUNTY

38,842-01 AUBREY DALE FRIAR BEXAR COUNTY

38,851-01 BEN DOYLE III VAUGHN ORANGE COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(DIRECT APPEAL PENDING)

38,790-01 TERRENCE R. RANDALL DALLAS COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER:

(ART. 11.07, SEC.4)

15,773-06 BENNY EUGENE TRIMBLE GREGG COUNTY

33,018-03 BILLY FRANK MILLER ECTOR COUNTY

APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED REMANDED TO TRIAL COURT:

21,465-05 WILLIAM EARL HARPER BELL COUNTY

35,006-02 SHANNON LEFEVERE ROBERTSON COUNTY

36,054-02 JERRY FURR VAN ZANDT COUNTY

36,287-02 GREG KUESTER ANDERSON COUNTY

36,511-01 BRADFORD PLEASANT HOUSTON COUNTY

36,920-02 DAVID MATTHIAS MCFARLAND DALLAS COUNTY

37,980-01 MICHAEL KIRBY JACKSON DALLAS COUNTY

38,052-01 CHAD WALLACE MULKEY HARRIS COUNTY

38,089-01 JERRY LYNN SCOTT JR. TRAVIS COUNTY

38,133-01 DOUGLAS DEGRAFFENREID HARRIS COUNTY

38,181-01 PEDRO GUTIERREZ MUNOZ PECOS COUNTY

38,181-02 PEDRO GUTIERREZ MUNOZ PECOS COUNTY

38,205-01 ANDRE S. LASKER POLK COUNTY

38,237-01 KEVIN KIRKHAM GRAY COUNTY

38,317-01 ARCHIE LEE JONES JR. TAYLOR COUNTY

38,317-02 ARCHIE LEE JONES JR. TAYLOR COUNTY

38,388-01 LOUIS JAMES NORMANDIN WISE COUNTY

38,525-01 ALEX DELEON CAMPOS LEE COUNTY

38,565-01 JEFFERSON MONTANO HARRIS COUNTY

38,575-01 JAMES HAYES LANE TAYLOR COUNTY

38,602-01 PAUL SALINAS COMANCHE COUNTY

38,641-01 QUINTUS LEE PLOCH LLANO COUNTY

38,696-01 KELLY LESLIE FLANNERY BRAZORIA COUNTY

38,741-01 ADAM DAVID HYATT JR. BOWIE COUNTY

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

13,640-03 NORMAN EDWARD CARRIO HARRIS COUNTY

13,640-04 NORMAN EDWARD CARRIO HARRIS COUNTY

20,595-03 WILLIAM P. FIELDER TARRANT COUNTY

31,424-04 KENNETH NED JEFFERSON COUNTY

33,678-01 JACK D. DARNALL DENTON COUNTY

34,746-02 AUTREY GENE GOLDEN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

38,046-01 BILLY SHANE LONG HARRIS COUNTY

38,046-02 BILLY SHANE LONG HARRIS COUNTY

38,076-01 WILLIE ELTON CLARK BELL COUNTY

38,256-01 MICHAEL HOSEA HARRIS COUNTY

38,266-01 BURLEY REVIA JASPER COUNTY

38,382-01 JACKIE RAY FULLER UPSHUR COUNTY

38,410-01 JOSEPH ALBERT LAZNOVSKY ELLIS COUNTY

38,483-01 DAVID STANTON EDWARDS HARRIS COUNTY

38,483-02 DAVID STANTON EDWARDS HARRIS COUNTY

38,483-03 DAVID STANTON EDWARDS HARRIS COUNTY

38,695-01 CEDRIC RODELL SMITH HARRIS COUNTY

38,765-01 CHARLES COLEMAN MORGAN HIDALGO COUNTY

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

WRITTEN ORDER:

29,287-06 MICHAEL CHARLES THOMAS BEXAR COUNTY

36,925-01 PAUL ROGERS COUNTY

9,876-06 TOMMY VIRGIL THOMAS TARRANT COUNTY

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS HELD IN ABEYANCE AND RESPONDENT ORDERED TO FILE AN ANSWER:

17,144-06 CHARLES EDWARD THOMPSON HARRIS COUNTY

34,138-02 DOYLE EMMANUEL REVENELL DALLAS COUNTY

38,534-01 WENDELL RAY POLLY DALLAS COUNTY

38,629-01 ANDRE DEWAYNE BURNETT HARRIS COUNTY

06,899-09 STEVEN DOUGLAS HAMILTON DALLAS COUNTY

38,871-01 JOSE MIGUEL ORTIZ JIMENEZ BEXAR COUNTY

35,121-02 COREY THEOPLUS HILL DALLAS COUNTY

38,682-01 PEDRO GUTIERREZ DALLAS COUNTY

38,202-01 JOE WILLIE TUCKER BEXAR COUNTY

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

35,228-02 JACKIE GLENN CRAFT SABINE COUNTY

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

38,356-01 PAUL SELSO NUNCIO HALE COUNTY


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