Abdallah v. State

In the ease before us, the majority holds that we do not have jurisdiction to review Abdallah’s contentions that he was denied his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him at the adjudication hearing and, also, that he was denied due process of law because his conditions of probation were too vague. As I understand current law, I am constrained to concur.1

Article 42.12, section 5(b) has created a veritable Gordian Knot for the intermediate appellate courts.2 It provides that a defendant is entitled to a hearing limited to the determination by the court of whether to proceed…