Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided July 1, 2004No. 14-99-00811-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED MAJORITY OPINION ON REHEARING AFTER REMAND
J. HARVEY HUDSON, Justice.
Appellant, John Watts, was charged by information with two counts of water pollution. A jury subsequently returned a general verdict of guilty. On original submission, we affirmed the convictions. Watts v. State, 56 S.W.3d 694 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2001), rev’d, 99 S.W.3d 604 (Tex.Crim.App.2003). A central issue in the trial of that case was whether a drainage ditch constituted “water in the state,” and, thus, was protected from pollution by the Texas Water Code. See Tex. WateR Code Ann. § 7.145 (Vernon…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Brainard v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- The Texas Co. v. BurkettTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Watts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Alford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Alejandro Ledesma, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005
- Barbara Ann Wyatt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2012
- Barbara Ann Wyatt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2012
- George Robert Powell III v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2011
- George Robert Powell III v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2011
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