Legal Opinion
Reed, Michael
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 29, 2008No. PD-0366-07Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-366-07
MICHAEL REED, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
BRAZOS COUNTY
Cochran, J., filed a concurring opinion in which Womack, J., joined.
O P I N I O N
Didn't Richard III cry out, while he was at, on, or in Bosworth Field, "My kingdom for a proper preposition!" Well, perhaps it was a horse, but in this case the State's prosecution fails for want of a proper preposition. And it must, given both the vagaries of the English language and the sense of the penal statute.
The issue is: Can…