Ex Parte Richard Dewayne Jones

Affirmed and Opinion filed June 11, 2013. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-12-00877-CR EX PARTE RICHARD DEWAYNE JONES On Appeal from the 405th District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 11-CR-3416 OPINION Appellant is charged with evading arrest–use of vehicle, a third-degree felony. See

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.04

(West Supp. 2012). In a pre-trial application for writ of habeas corpus, appellant argued he is illegally restrained because the legislative bill which amended punishment for his offense violated the “single-subject rule” of the Texas Constitution. See…