Legal Opinion
Brager, Emmit
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 13, 2004No. PD-0365-03Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. 0365-03
EMMIT BRAGER, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
WALKER COUNTY
Hervey, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Meyers, and Keasler, JJ., joined. Keller, PJ., and Womack, J., concurred. Johnson, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Price, Holcomb and Cochran, JJ., joined.
O P I N I O N
In this case, we decide that the Court of Appeals did not abuse its discretion to exercise its inherent power to dismiss appellant's appeal for "want of prosecution" and for his…
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