Legal Opinion
Wheat v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided August 31, 2005No. 06-04-00077-CRPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
It took authorities almost ten years to find Shawn Christopher Wheat and revoke his community supervision. In May of 1994, Upshur County filed its motion to revoke Wheat’s community supervision 1 and obtained a capias for his arrest. Wheat was finally arrested on the capias March 4, 2004, in Indiana. At the heart of this appeal is whether the State used due diligence between those dates and the limited extent to which that defense remains viable.
On April 19, 2004, after a revocation hearing focusing entirely on the due diligence issue and not contesting…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Zuliani v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. MartinezTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Connolly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Peacock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Garcia, Victor MartinezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
- Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
- RODRIGUEZ-FLORES v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2011
- Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006
- Alfredo Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
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