Legal Opinion

Lackey, Raymond Dean

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 2012No. PD-1621-10Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1621-10 RAYMOND DEAN LACKEY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS FANNIN COUNTY H ERVEY, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which M EYERS and K EASLER, JJ., joined. DISSENTING OPINION I disagree with the disposition of this case, and I write separately to explain my reasoning. Today, a majority of the Court uses our rules of procedural default to avoid reaching the merits of the State’s appeal, and in doing so, they also further confuse bench and bar regarding the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Marin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Nix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  4. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  5. Van Hoang v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993

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