Legal Opinion

Reed, Michael

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 2008No. PD-0366-07Published

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…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Reed v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2007

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