Legal Opinion
James Earl Piland v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided December 17, 2014No. 06-14-00063-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice Morriss
In April 2013, Overton police officers, Brad Loden and Mary Williams, responding to the. scene of a reported domestic disturbance, encountered James Earl Pi-land, who smelled of alcohol and was acting erratically. Loden testified that, while he was attempting to handcuff Piland to assure officer safety, Piland punched him in the shoulder, causing him pain. Piland appeals the resulting conviction for assault on a public servant, 1 claiming a defective indictment, a lack of evidence to convict him, and the ineffectiveness of his trial counsel based on a…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Dennis Dwight Galindo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
- James Charles Johnson, II v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2025
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