Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges to trial procedures but vacates convictions and sentences for assault and battery due to merger error

Court affirms drug convictions based on circumstantial evidence over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and his argument that he was merely present at the crime scene

Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and firearm possession over defendant's challenges to a jury instruction on mutual combat and contentions of constitutional rights violations

Denial of State Inmates' Motion for Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence Is Explained

Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and jury selection error

Delay in conducting inventory search did not render it unlawful

In a lawsuit arising from an incident at a West Texas oil and gas processing facility, appellee Michael Chiles, an employee of Hawk Trucking, was injured when pressurized fluid ejected from a hose he was handling, leading to a torn rotator cuff requiring surgeries.

Court Denies Summary Judgment in Slip-And-Fall Suit; Unclear Which Defendant is At Fault

Plaintiffs' disability discrimination claims failed due to the lack of allegations establishing a causal connection between one plaintiff's' disability and the family's eviction facilitated by state officials.

Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee at Lubbock County Detention Center, sued defendant, a correctional officer, under 42 U.S.C. §1983 claiming that defendant demonstrated deliberate indifference to plaintiff's constitutional rights when defendant failed to protect him from two assaults by his cellmate.