Hughes v. State

OPINION ON REFUSAL OF APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Under a heading, “SELECTIVE PROSECUTION,” the published opinion of the Austin Court of Appeals somewhat cryptically states:

“Further the evidence from the statement of facts clearly shows that since McWilliams [v. State, 634 S.W.2d 815] supra, with the abandonment of the carving doctrine, multiple charges can be filed in a single criminal episode involving a single victim.”

Hughes v. State, 673 S.W.2d 654, 659 (Tex.App.—Austin 1984), petition refused.

The above quoted statement should be read in light of opinions of this Court in…