Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided December 11, 2001No. 06-00-00242-CRPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice CORNELIUS.
James Buchanan pleaded no contest, as part of a plea bargaining agreement, to the offense of injury to a child. The punishment range was enhanced by a prior felony conviction. The trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed Buchanan on ten years’ community supervision. Over the next eleven months, the trial court twice modified the terms of Buchanan’s community supervision in response to motions from the State.
About a month after the trial court entered its second modification order, the State filed a motion to proceed to an adjudication of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Robert McGruder v. Steven W. PuckettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Griffith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Griffith, Darrell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
- Antonio Freeman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
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