Ex Parte Busby
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1ConcurrenceMeyers, J.
I join the opinion of the Court, but would take the additional step of overruling Stasey v. State, 683 S.W.2d 705 (Tex. Crim.App.1985). While I agree with the Court that Stasey contains broad language consistent with precedent, our ultimate holding there is inconsistent with our decisions in the parole context and with the rationale of Stasey itself. In my view, the result reached in Presiding Judge Onion’s dissent in Stasey is more consistent with Stasey’s rationale and the analogous parole settings. Presiding Judge Onion would have held applicant was “entitled to credit for the time he was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stasey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985