Domanski v. State

OPINION ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING ON COURT’S OWN MOTIONS

In our original opinion in West v. State, 702 S.W.2d 629 (Tex.Cr.App.1986) we rejected appellant’s argument that the State’s petition for discretionary review had been untimely filed, and proceeded to the merits of the State’s petition. Ulti*719mately we reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstated the judgment of conviction in the trial court.

Subsequently, in Domanski v. State, 725 S.W.2d 717 (Tex.Cr.App.1986), in virtually identical circumstances, we upheld the State’s contention that appellant’s petition for discretionary…