Homicide
Texas v. Edgar Reyes
Attorney Involvement: 17 months, 5-member team format, strategist role
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2024
Kind of Case: Capital murder, felony murder, injury to child SBI, injury to child SBI by omission
Outcome: Acquitted on capital murder and murder. Sentenced by Court to 20 years concurrent for reckless injury to child and reckless injury to child by omission (Pending appeal).
Key info: 17-week-old falls from bed height, dies after respiratory arrest. Intracranial and retinal hemorrhages led State to conclude a violent murder. Defense showed jury evidence of pre-existing bleeding disorder in infant which made child subject to hemorrhages.
Prosecution public statement five days after jury verdict (click here)
Sexual Cases – Adult
Texas v. O.M.
Attorney Involvement: 41 months. Joint representation
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2024
Kind of Case: Sexual assault
Outcome: Plea to Deferred Adjudication Misdemeanor Indecent Assault
Texas v. D.S.
Attorney Involvement: 15 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2024
Kind of Case: Aggravated sexual assault
Outcome: Plea to terroristic threat to family/household. Spent 15 months in jail.
Texas v. J.R.
Attorney Involvement: 5 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2015
Kind of Case: Sexual assault
Outcome: Dismissal — plea to non-sex crime
Sexual Cases – Minors
Texas v. R.M.**
Attorney Involvement: 29 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2025
Kind of Case: Class A misdemeanor assault w/bodily injury
Outcome: Dismissal
Key Info: Originally a sexual abuse case. The felony was dismissed. Misdemeanor proceeded on conditional waiver of statute of limitations. Conditions: dismissal of felony and restraint from bringing any felony based on the specific complaints. On dismissal motion, State announced its intent to bring another indictment.
Texas v. R.S.
Attorney Involvement: 48 months, joint representation
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2024
Kind of Case: Aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14
Outcome: Plea to Class A Misdemeanor Assault
Key Info: Outcry delay: 18 years.
Texas v. A.E.
Attorney Involvement: 39 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2024
Kind of Case*: Aggravated Sexual Assault of child under 6, Indecency by Contact
Outcome: Acquittal on aggravated sexual assault charges. Conviction on indecency by contact. (Pending appeal). 62 months in jail. Sentence: 60 months.
Key info: No physical evidence. Child Accuser did not describe criminal act from stand. Hearsay evidence allowed to describe criminal act to jury.
Texas v. J.T.
Attorney Involvement: 18 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case: Continuous sexual abuse of child and three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Outcome: Dismissal on morning of jury selection. Released after 13 months in jail.
Texas v. H.A.
Attorney Involvement: 38 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case*: Indecency with a child by contact.
Outcome: Jury acquittal. Released after 39 months in jail. Case expunged.
Texas v. R.M.**
Attorney Involvement: 8 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case: Indecency with a child by contact.
Outcome: Dismissal.
Texas v. D.R.
Attorney Involvement: 6 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case: Sexual assault of child (statutory rape), indecency w/a child (statutory rape), possession of child pornography (couple´s selfies)
Outcome: Dismissal.
Texas v. J.H.
Attorney Involvement: 4 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case*: Continuous child sex abuse, agg sexual assault of child, indecency w/a child.
Outcome: Dismissal — Accusation made during parental discipline; days later she recanted; DA interrupted in police investigation, then hastily indicted. Eventually, case expunged. CPS adoption reversed.
Texas v. H.B.
Attorney Involvement: 28 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2022
Kind of Case*: Aggravated sexual assault of child, indecency w/a minor.
Outcome: Dismissal – TRE 601 action pending; released after 28 months in jail.
Texas v. B.H.
Attorney Involvement: 8 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2020
Kind of Case: Continuous child sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Outcome: Dismissal — accusation made to garner leverage in family law case, released after 8 months in jail.
Texas v. G.M.
Attorney Involvement: 13 months, joint representation
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2019
Kind of Case: Continuous child sexual abuse.
Outcome: Dismissal — stepdaughter made premeditated false accusation (discovered by atty in Adolescent Accuser cell phone calendar app) against stepdad in order to hurt biomom.
Texas v. J.S .
Attorney Involvement: 30 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2019
Kind of Case*: Sexual assault and indecency w/a minor.
Outcome: Dismissal.
Texas v. M.A.
Attorney Involvement: 20 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2018
Kind of Case: Continuous child sexual abuse.
Outcome: Dismissal; released after 21 months in jail.
Texas v. L.S.***
Attorney Involvement: 14 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2017
Kind of Case*: Aggravated sexual assault of child
Outcome: Dismissal at TRE 601 hearing
Texas v. C.O.
Attorney Involvement: 14 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2017
Kind of Case: Aggravated sexual assault of child
Outcome: Dismissal — plea to unrelated charge
Texas v. R.Z.
Attorney Involvement: 18 months, joint representation
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2016
Kind of Case: Indecency with child by contact
Outcome: Acquittal; released after 19 months in jail
Texas v. A.V.
Attorney Involvement: 2 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2015
Kind of Case: Sexual assault of child
Outcome: Dismissal
Texas v. D.C.
Attorney Involvement: 9 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2015
Kind of Case: Aggravated sexual assault of child
Outcome: Dismissal
Domestic Violence
Texas v. S.G .
Attorney Involvement: 8 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2021
Kind of Case: Domestic assault/impede breath.
Outcome: Dismissal after investigation of diagnoses/medication of accused.
Texas v. E.G.
Attorney Involvement: 11 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2020
Kind of Case: Injury to child.
Outcome: Dismissal after jury selected.
Texas v. J.G .
Attorney Involvement: 10 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2019
Kind of Case: Domestic assault/impede breath.
Outcome: Dismissal — medicine reaction.
Texas v. R.S .
Attorney Involvement: 11 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2018
Kind of Case: Aggravated domestic assault with deadly weapon
Outcome: Dismissal
Texas v. L.S.***
Attorney Involvement: 18 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2017
Kind of Case*: Misdemeanor domestic assault
Outcome: Directed verdict
Assaultive (non-domestic)
Texas v. A.G.
Attorney Involvement: 61 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2025
Kind of Case: Aggravated assault w/deadly weapon, assault on public servant, indecent exposure, aggravated assault on public servant, criminal mischief, harassment by incarcerated person.
Outcome: 10 yrs probation on assault on public servant, other charges dismissed, unadjudicated and time-served. Spent 78 months in jail.
Key info: Client accused of assaulting family member while intoxicated and/or deluded. While in jail, client lost competency and picked up 5 charges. Client speared attorney in court. Client attempted to spear attorney in later hearing. When competency restored, a new diagnosis was discovered.
Texas v. D.M.
Attorney Involvement: 9 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2017
Kind of Case: Assault on public servant
Outcome: Dismissal — medicine reaction
Contraband / Narcotics
Texas v. A.E.
Attorney Involvement: 12 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2021
Kind of Case: F1 Manufacture/delivery of controlled subtances, tampering with evidence.
Outcome: Dismissal with suppression pending, pled to unrelated charge.
Texas v. R.A.
Attorney Involvement: 9 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2018
Kind of Case: Possession of marihuana
Outcome: Dismissal after Motion to Suppress Evidence
Driving Offenses
Texas v. P.G.
Attorney Involvement: 77 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2025
Kind of Case: DWI w/child, domestic violence w/previous condition, unlawful carrying of weapon, possession of marihuana, violation of protective order.
Outcome: Suppression granted in DWI w/child. Al casesdismissed, including Protective Order.
Burglary / Theft / Robbery
Texas v. P.M.
Attorney Involvement: 14 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2023
Kind of Case: Burglary of habitation
Outcome: Plea to Criminal Trespass (sentence sculpted with immigration consequences in mind)
Key info: Co-defendant pled to burglary and assaulting police by coughing at police at height of covid. A burglary of a home in broad daylight on a Sunday morning at height of covid made little sense.
Texas v. D.L.G.
Attorney Involvement: 9 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2018
Kind of Case: Aggravated robbery
Outcome: Dismissal
Texas v. J.T.
Attorney Involvement: 5 months
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo, resolved 2017
Kind of Case: Burglary of habitation
Outcome: Dismissal
* Prosecution of family member of mentally ill child/adolescent.
** These cases are connected
*** These cases are connected