Legal Opinion
The State of Texas v. Frankie Lee Hines
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 23, 2026No. 08-25-00301-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-25-00301-CR ———————————— The State of Texas, Appellant v. Frankie Lee Hines, Appellee On Appeal from the 143rd District Court Ward County, Texas Trial Court No. 25-08-6924-CRW MEMORANDUM OPINION In October 2022, the State filed a five-count indictment against Appellee Frankie Lee Hines for sexual abuse of a child. It subsequently filed and dismissed four more indictments arising from the same locus of facts over the next three years. By October 2025, after Hines was indicted for the fifth time, the trial court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Vermont v. BrillonSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Zamorano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Dragoo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
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