Legal Opinion

Mahaffey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 2010No. PD-1491-09Published

1Opinion of the Court

316 S.W.3d 633 (2010)

Wilton Larron MAHAFFEY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-1491-09.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 30, 2010.

Brian M. Schmidt, Athens, for Appellant.

Cody L. Cofer, Asst. County Atty., Athens, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Lamie v. United States TrusteeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. State v. DixonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  4. Tarrant Appraisal District v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. HardyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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