Woman sentenced attempted capital murder of police officer

Fort Bend Sun News

Published: 08.06.08
A local woman was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences for her role in an attempted capital murder of a peace officer and aggravated robbery.

Tamina Hamid, the defendent in the case, also was sentenced to a maximum fine of $10,000 for each crime.

Man guilty of manslaughter in woman's death

By Daralyn Schoenewald
Abilene Reporter News
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

An Abilene man accused of running over a woman with his van last December was found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday, an hour after the jury began deliberating.

Jessie Earl "Buddy" Griffith, 60, originally was accused of murder in connection with the death of Brenda Sue Eldridge, 46, who was killed Dec. 22 at Briarwood Apartments in the 3200 block of North 3rd Street.

Testimony Continues In Mineola Swingers' Club Trial

August 7, 2008
By CASEY KNAUPP
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer

Child Protective Services workers testified Wednesday that the sexual abuse three siblings and their young aunt endured in the "Mineola Swingers' Club" case was the "worst of the worst."

Medellin execution draws little attention in Mexico

11:09 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY – Mexicans struggling with increasingly gruesome crimes at home gave the most muted reactions in recent memory to the execution of one of their own citizens in Texas.

With Mexican news dominated by the kidnap-killing of 14-year-old Fernando Marti, the execution of Mexican Jose Medellin for the 1993 rape-murder of two girls in Texas appears to have sparked far less outrage than people here have shown in previous death penalty cases.

King found guilty of infant’s murder

Published: August 07, 2008 01:06 am


By BRAD KELLAR
GREENVILLE Herald-Banner Staff

It didn’t take long for prosecutors to lay out their case, alleging Christi Denice King was guilty of murder in the drowning death of Elisiah Miguel Guajardo, her 10-month-old son.

It took even less time for the jury to agree with them.

The prosecution rested Wednesday morning, after less than two days of testimony in the 196th District Court during King’s trial on one count of murder.

Honduran faces execution tonight for Arlington killing

Posted on Thu, Aug. 07, 2008

By JOHN MORITZ
Fort Worth Star Telegram

AUSTIN — Heliberto Chi, a Honduran native who led authorities on a six-week manhunt after gunning down an Arlington clothing-store manager in 2001, moved one step closer to execution Wednesday when the state’s highest criminal court rejected his bid for a stay.

AG asked to rule on prosecutors' authority to commission reserve peace officers

State Representative Joe Driver (R-Garland), Chairman of the House Committee on Law Enforcement, has requested an opinion from the Attorney General on the authority of a county attorney to issue commissions for reserve or nonpaid peace officers.

To view the original request (#RQ-0730-GA), go to:

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/rq/2008/pdf/RQ0730GA.pdf

Villanueva v. State - 3rd COA

The defendant cannot be charged with six counts of failure to register as a sex offender for each of the six months he did not register. The State may charge failure to register only for each time the defendant changes his address without registering. Here, the evidence shows the defendant changed his address onl8y one time without registering. Villanueva v. State, 03-05-00191-CR.

Convicted clerk to serve 10 years probation

By Ron Maloney
The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise 		 

Published August 7, 2008

Moore v. State - 2nd COA

A trial court may not impose a sentence in excess of a plea-bargained punishment without allowing the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea when the defendant fails to return to court for sentencing after pleading guilty. The trial court may not impose a higher punishment because the plea bargain did not include an agreement to convert the plea to an open plea if the defendant did not appear for sentencing. The trial court
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