COCKRELL, RAY LEE v. the State of Texas

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0760-24 RAY LEE COCKRELL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS BOWIE COUNTY FINLEY, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which NEWELL and WALKER, JJ., joined. DISSENTING OPINION As the State Prosecuting Attorney herself posits, the State’s interpretation is a “novel extension” of the Injury to a Child statute. See State’s Pet. for Discretionary Review at 2. I decline to endorse such an interpretation. COCKRELL DISSENT — 2 Our discussion of statutory duties in Billingslea v.…