Reed, Michael
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-366-07 MICHAEL REED, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS BRAZOS COUNTY C OCHRAN, J., filed a concurring opinion in which W OMACK, J., joined. OPINION Didn’t Richard III cry out, while he was at, on, or in Bosworth Field, “My kingdom for a proper preposition!” Well, perhaps it was a horse, but in this case the State’s prosecution fails for want of a proper preposition. And it must, given both the vagaries of the English language and the sense of the penal statute. The issue…