Michelle Jeanette Barrientes v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS MICHELLE JEANETTE BARRIENTES, § No. 08-23-00113-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 226th Judicial District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of Bexar County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 2021-CR-4408) MEMORANDUM OPINION Discovery disputes are endemic in civil litigation. Entire seminars are devoted to discovery issues. Recalcitrant parties are subject to motions to compel, monetary sanctions, and in the most extreme cases, “death penalty” sanctions—meaning their claims or defenses are extinguished. 1 Some features of civil discovery also exist in…