Legal Opinion
Briggs v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 3, 2018No. PD-1359-17PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
Appellant, Sandra Coy Briggs, pled no contest on January 12, 2012, to the offense of intoxication manslaughter of a peace *178officer.1 She claimed in a motion for new trial2 that her plea was involuntary because case law decided after she pled would have changed her mind, and she would have exercised her right to a jury trial. The trial court denied Briggs's motion for new trial, but the Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's decision, finding that, "having the benefit of [the 2013 Missouri v. ] McNeely [opinion] and its progeny," Briggs's attorney, in 2012, "misrepresented the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Saucedo, Andrew MelchorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
- Alfredo Rodriguez Oviedo v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2021
- Ashley Nicole Dixon v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2023
- Christopher Kirven, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2020
- Clinton Earl Allen v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2026
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