Jacob Robert Allen and Karra Trichele Allen v. Rickie Lee Allen ( 2015 )


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    03-14-00066-CV
    5895779
    THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
    AUSTIN, TEXAS
    7/1/2015 10:58:40 AM
    JEFFREY D. KYLE
    In the Court of Appeals                                            CLERK
    For the Third Judicial District
    Sitting at Austin, Texas
    FILED IN
    3rd COURT OF APPEALS
    No. 03-14-00066-CV                       AUSTIN, TEXAS
    7/1/2015 10:58:40 AM
    JEFFREY D. KYLE
    Clerk
    Jacob Robert Allen and Karra Trichele Allen
    Appellants
    v.
    Rickie Lee Allen
    Appellee
    Appealed from the County Court of Burnet County, Texas
    Motion for Leave to File
    Appellee’s Supplemental Brief and Updated Appendix
    Jordan A. Mayfield
    State Bar No. 24037051
    Jeffrey A. Armstrong
    State Bar No. 24038747
    Robert Little
    State Bar No. 24050940
    little@namanhowell.com
    Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC
    400 Austin Ave., Ste. 800
    Waco, Texas 76701
    254-755-4100
    254-754-6331 (fax)
    Attorneys for Appellee
    {03452057.DOC / }
    No. 03-14-00066-CV
    Jacob Robert Allen and Karra Trichele Allen
    Appellants
    v.
    Rickie Lee Allen
    Appellee
    Motion for Leave to File Appellee’s Supplemental
    Brief and Updated Appendix
    To the Honorable Court of Appeals:
    Comes now Rickie Lee Allen, Appellee in this case, and files this Motion for
    Leave to File Supplemental Brief and/or Updated Appendix, and would show unto
    the Court as follows:
    This matter has been before the Court and ready for disposition since June
    18, 2014. In Appellee’s Brief, Appellee stated “On July 1, 2013, Karra Allen shot
    her husband, Brian Allen, and killed him.” While on appeal, Karra Trichele Allen
    was tried and convicted of murdering her husband, Brian Dean Allen. Appellee
    requests the Court of Appeals to file the attached updated Appendix to Appellee’s
    Brief, which includes the Judgment of Conviction by a Jury.
    {03452057.DOC / }
    Prayer
    Rickie Lee Allen, Appellee, respectfully requests that the Court grant this
    Motion, allow the filing of the supplemental and/or updated Appendix, and for
    such other relief all such other and further relief to which it is entitled.
    Respectfully submitted,
    ____________________________________
    Jordan A. Mayfield
    State Bar No. 24037051
    mayfield@namanhowell.com
    Jeffrey A. Armstrong
    State Bar No. 24038747
    armstrong@namanhowell.com
    Robert Little
    State Bar No. 24050940
    little@namanhowell.com
    Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC
    400 Austin Ave., Ste. 800
    Waco, Texas 76701
    254-755-4100
    254-754-6331 (fax)
    Attorneys for Appellee
    {03452057.DOC / }                           iii
    Certificate of Conference
    I hereby certify that I have attempted to confer with appellate counsel for
    Jacob Allen and Karra Trichele Allen – Angela Dowdle and Eddie Shell, and have
    had no response from the correspondence emailed and faxed to them. I have made
    reasonable attempts to confer with the other parties to determine their position on
    the substance of this Motion. I am not able to make a representation to the Court
    that this Motion is either opposed or unopposed due to their lack of response.
    ________________________________
    Jordan A. Mayfield
    Certificate of Service
    I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was sent to the
    person(s) named below, at the address shown by placing the same in a properly
    addressed envelope, postage pre-paid, and mailing the document by first class mail
    (and by other means stated below) on July 1, 2015.
    Eddie G. Shell
    Shell & Shell
    6000 Highway 281 North
    Marble Falls, Texas 78654
    Via U. S. First Class Mail & Facsimile 830.798.0328
    Angela M. Dowdle
    Angela M. Dowdle, PC
    211 E. Jackson
    Burnet, Texas 78611
    Via U.S. First Class Mail & Facsimile 512.756.9110
    ____________________________________
    Jordan A. Mayfield
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    In the Court of Appeals
    For the Third Judicial District
    Sitting at Austin, Texas
    No. 03-14-00066-CV
    Jacob Robert Allen and Karra Trichele Allen
    Appellants
    v.
    Rickie Lee Allen
    Appellee
    Appealed from the County Court of Burnet County, Texas
    UPDATED APPENDIX
    Order Granting Rickie Lee Allen’s
    Traditional Motion for Summary Judgment                                   A
    Holographic Will                                                          B
    Indictment                                                                C
    Judgment of Conviction by a Jury                                          D
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    . I
    NO. P9661
    IN THE ESTATE OF                                   §   IN THE COUNTY COURT.
    §
    BRIAN ALLEN,                                       §   OF
    §
    DECEASED                                           §   BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS
    ORDER GRANTING RICKIE LEE ALLEN'S
    TRADITIONAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY ~JUDGMENT
    Came on to be heard this 18th day of November, 2013, Rickie Lee Allen's Traditional
    Motion tol" Summary Judgment, and after considering such Motion and the arguments of
    counsel. the Court is of the opinion the Motion should be granted in its entirety.
    It is. therefore, ORDERED that Rickie Lee Allen's Motion for Summary Judgment is
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    hereby granted with costs of courH'o be taxed against Jacob Robert Allen.
    SIONED this I 8rh day of November, 2013.
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    NO:   L\1..]u5     THESTATEOFTEXAS               VS.      KARRA TRICHELE ALLEN
    INDICTMENT:                      MURDER
    PENAL CODE:                      19.02(b)(1)
    DEGREE OF FELONY:                FIRST DEGREE FELONY
    OFFENSE CODE:                    09990019
    BOND:                             ~'YOD,OOO,``
    CONTROL # DA. . 13~00744        TRN#9192623972 AOOl
    IN THE 424th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS
    IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    THE GRAND JURY, for the County of Burnet, State of Texas, duly organized,
    impaneled and sworn as such at the January tenn, A.D. 2014, of the 424th Judicial District
    Court for said COtll1ty, upon their oaths present in and to said court at said term that,
    KARRA TRICHELE ALLEN, hereinafter referred to as Defendant, on or about the 1st
    day of July, 2013, and before the presentment of this indictment, in the County of Burnet,
    and the State of Texas, did then and there intentionally or knowingly cause the death of
    an individual, namely, Brian Allen, by shooting him with a firearm.
    AGAINST THE PEACE AND DIGNITY OF THE STATE
    FOREP
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    CASE No. 42765            COUNT ONE
    INCIDENT No.lTRN: 9192623972
    THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                 §          IN THE 33RD DISTRICT
    §
    V.                                                                                 §          COURT
    §
    KARRA TRICHELE ALLEN                                                               §          BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS
    §
    STATE    ID No. : TX05058281                                                       §
    JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION BY JURY
    Date Judgment
    Judge Presiding:             J. ALLAN GARRETT
    HON.
    Entered:
    6/2/2015
    WILEY MCAFEE!                                            Attorney for
    Attorney for State:                                                                                       EDDIE SHELL
    PETERKEIM                                                Defendant:
    Offense for which Defendant Convicted:
    MURDER
    Charging Instrument:                                                               Statute for Offense:
    INDICTMENT                                                                         19.02(b)(l) Penal Code
    Date of Offense:
    71112013
    Degree of Offense:                                                                 Plea to Offense:
    1ST DEGREE FELONY                                                                  NOT GUILTY
    Verdict of Jury:                                                                   Findings on Deadly Weapon:
    GUILTY                                                                             YES, A FIREARM
    Plea to 1'1 Enhancement                                             Plea to 2nd EnhancementlHabitual
    Paragraph:                               N/A                        Paragraph:                              N/A
    Findings on 1"1 Enhancement                                         Findings on 2nd
    Paragraph:                               N/A                        EnhancementlHabitual Paragraph:         N/A
    Punished Assessed by:                                  Date Sentence Imposed:                   Date Sentence to Commence:
    JURY                                                 6/2/2015                                                6/2/2015
    Punishment and Place
    of Confinement:
    LIFE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, TDCJ
    THIS SENTENCE SHALL RUN                      CONCURRENTLY.
    D SENTENCE OF CONFINEMENT SUSPENDED, DEFENDANT PLACED ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR N/A
    Fine:                                                            Restitution:             Restitution Payable to:
    $N/A                                                              $N/A                    o VICTIM (see below)        0   AGENCY/AGENT (see below)
    If Defendant is to serve sentence in TDCJ. enter incarceration periods in chronological order.
    From 7/212013 to 8/8/2013              From         to              From         to
    Time               From        to                From             to                   From     to
    Credited:
    If Defendant is to serve sentence   10   county jailor IS given credit toward fine and costs, enter days credited below.
    N/A DAYS           NOTES: N/A
    All pertinent information, names and assessments iodicated above are incorporated ioto the language of the judgment below by reference.
    This cause was called for trial in Llano County, Texas. The State appeared by her District Attorney.
    Counsell Waiver of Counsel