Dixon, Wydell Lorraine ( 2015 )


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  • TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
    PD-0064-15, PD-0065-15, PD-0066-15, PD-0067-15
    _________________________________
    WYDELL DIXON,
    Appellant
    v.
    THE STATE OF TEXAS,
    Appellee
    _________________________________
    _____________________________________________________
    AMENDED MOTION FOR REHEARING
    _____________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________
    On Petition for Discretionary Review from the Court of
    Appeals for the First District, Houston, Texas in Cause
    Nos. 01-13-00408-CR; 01-13-00409-CR; 01-13-00410-
    CR & 01-13-00411-CR, Affirming the Conviction in
    Cause Nos. 12CR0748, 12CR0749, 12CR0750, &
    12CR0751 from the 56th District Court of Galveston
    County, Texas.
    ________________________________________________
    R. Scott Shearer
    TBA No. 00786464
    917 Franklin, Suite 320
    Houston, TX 77002
    (713) 254-5629
    (713) 224-2889 FAX
    May 15, 2015                      ShearerLegal@Yahoo.com
    Attorney for Appellant
    May 14, 2015
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    TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS:
    NOW COMES, WYDELL LORRAINE DIXON, and files this Motion for
    Rehearing to the refusal of her Petition for Discretionary Review. In support of
    this motion, she would respectfully show the Court the following:
    I.
    In a PUBLISHED opinion delivered December 16, 2014, a panel of the First
    Court of Appeals AFFIRMED Appellant’s appeals from four judgments of
    conviction for cruelty to animals by the 56th District Court of Galveston County.
    Appellant did not file a motion for rehearing.          Appellant’s Petition for
    Discretionary Review was filed March 16, 2015.           Appellant’s Petition for
    Discretionary Review was refused April 29, 2015. This motion for rehearing is
    timely filed within fifteen days after this Court refused Appellant’s Petition for
    Discretionary Review. See TEX. R. APP. PROC. 69.4.
    II.
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    GROUND FOR REHEARING: THIS COURT FELL INTO
    ERROR BY NOT GRANTING APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR
    DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
    Appellant’s petition for discretionary review asked this Court to review the
    published judgment of the First Court of Appeals. Appellant’s cases involved the
    following issues:
    1.    A court of appeals disagreeing with the published decision of another court
    of appeals.
    2.    A court of appeals construing amendments to the animal cruelty statute in
    such a way as to hold that the amendments overruled a prior decision of a
    court of appeals.
    3.    An employee being held criminal responsible for failing to hire a sufficient
    number of employees, even though there is no statute, ordinance, or
    directive mandating a certain number of employees that must be hired.
    4.    A bomb threat being called into the hotel room of the jury during
    deliberations; a jury panel forced to spend the night in the jury room; and a
    trial judge overruling an agreed upon mistrial based thereon.
    Appellant’s case surely involved issues important to the jurisprudence of the
    State. Moreover, the animal cruelty statute is internally inconsistent and confusing
    to both citizens and legal practitioners of this State at a time when the number of
    animal cruelty cases being filed have increased exponentially from years past.
    Until such time as this Court weighs in, confusion will remain in the lower courts.
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    This Court should take the opportunity to review Appellant’s case and the animal
    cruelty statute.
    WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that the
    Honorable Court of Criminal Appeals will grant Appellant’s motion for rehearing
    and Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review.
    Respectfully submitted,
    /s/R. SCOTT SHEARER
    R. Scott Shearer
    TBA No. 00786464
    917 Franklin, Suite 320
    Houston, TX 77002
    (713) 254-5629
    (713) 224-2889 FAX
    ShearerLegal@Yahoo.com
    Attorney for Appellant
    May 14, 2015
    4
    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
    Undersigned counsel certifies that this motion for rehearing is grounded on
    substantial intervening circumstances or on other significant circumstances which
    are specified in the motion. Undersigned counsel certifies that the motion is so
    grounded and that the motion is made in good faith and not for delay.
    /s/R. SCOTT SHEARER
    R. Scott Shearer
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    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
    I certify that a copy of this Motion has been served upon the State of Texas
    by e-mailing a copy of same to the following parties at the following addresses on
    this the 14th day of May, 2015:
    BRENT HAYNES
    GALVESTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    600 59th St # 1001
    Galveston, TX 77551
    BRENT.HAYNES@CO.GALVESTON.TX.US
    /s/R. SCOTT SHEARER
    R. Scott Shearer
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    Case # PD-0064_0067-15
    Case Information
    Location                               Court Of Criminal Appeals
    Date Filed                             05/14/2015 10:41:45 PM
    Case Number                            PD-0064_0067-15
    Case Description
    Assigned to Judge
    Attorney                               R. Scott Shearer
    Firm Name                              R. Scott Shearer
    Filed By                               Robert Shearer
    Filer Type                             Not Applicable
    Fees
    Convenience Fee                        $0.09
    Total Court Case Fees                  $0.00
    Total Court Filing Fees                $0.00
    Total Court Service Fees               $0.00
    Total Filing & Service Fees            $0.00
    Total Service Tax Fees                 $0.00
    Total Provider Service Fees            $3.00
    Total Provider Tax Fees                $0.25
    Grand Total                            $3.34
    Payment
    Account Name                           Robert S. Shearer
    Transaction Amount                     $3.34
    Transaction Response                   Approved
    Transaction ID                         8703358
    Order #                                005294843-0
    Motion for Rehearing
    Filing Type                                                               EFile
    Filing Code                                                               Motion for Rehearing
    Filing Description                                                        Motion for Rehearing
    Reference Number                                                          51415
    Comments
    Status                                                                    Accepted
    Accepted Date                                                             05/15/2015 12:51:21 PM
    Fees
    Court Fee                                                                 $0.00
    Service Fee                                                               $0.00
    Documents
    Lead Document                          DixonRehearingPDR2.pdf                                  [Original]           [Transmitted]
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Document Info

Docket Number: PD-0066-15

Filed Date: 5/15/2015

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/29/2016