Kombudo v. State

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed the judgment convicting the appellant of bail jumping on the grounds that the trial court violated his rights, under the federal and state constitutions, to represent himself. See Kombudo v. State, 148 S.W.3d 547 (2005).

The State argued in its brief to the Court of Appeals that, by his misleading the trial court, the appellant was estopped from asserting those grounds. The State’s brief presented a “Reply,” which had four parts: a summary of the appellant’s con tention, a statement of the “relevant facts,” a statement of the “standards of review,” and…