Legal Opinion

Jones, Ex Parte Richard Dewayne

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 4, 2014No. PD-1158-13Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1158-13 EX PARTE RICHARD DEWAYNE JONES, Appellant ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS GALVESTON COUNTY A LCALA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which K ELLER, P.J., W OMACK, J OHNSON, H ERVEY, and C OCHRAN, JJ., joined. P RICE and K EASLER, JJ., concurred. M EYERS, J., dissented. OPINION In this case, we are asked to decide whether an amendment to the evading-arrest statute in the Texas Penal Code was enacted in violation of the “single-subject rule” of the Texas Constitution, thereby…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Skillern v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. LeCroy v. HanlonTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Robinson v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Ford Motor Co. v. SheldonTexas Supreme Court · 2000

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