Legal Opinion
FourThousand Five Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars ($4,528.00) in United States Currency v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 15, 2004No. 08-03-00239-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
Criminal Case Template
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
FOUR-THOUSAND-FIVE-HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($4,528.00) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY,
Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
§
§
§
§
§
No. 08-03-00239-CV
Appeal from the
120th District Court
of El Paso County, Texas
(TC#2002-2251)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In this forfeiture proceeding, the trial judge rendered a default judgment against Melchor Cota and Jose Cota because their attorney was six-to-twenty minutes late for a status hearing. The State agrees with the Cotas that the trial judge’s action was an abuse of discretion. We…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- LBL Oil Co. v. International Power Services, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1989
- Bradley Motors, Inc. v. MacKeyTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Carstar Collision, Inc. v. Mercury Finance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Masterson v. Cox, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1994
- Murphree v. Ziegelmair, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995