Shallhorn v. State

When Mary Shallhorn appealed her conviction to the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, what did she desire that court to do? The answer is quite simple: Mary only wanted that court to review the trial court’s decision overruling her motion to suppress and, of course, hold that the trial court erred in overruling her motion.

What happened to Mary in the court of appeals? Well, it seems that after the court of appeals looked her case over, it told Mary that she must be patient in her desire to get a ruling on the trial court’s decision, and that if she lives long enough she will some day get a review…