Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Ward
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 21, 1998No. 420-96, 421-96PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
2Opinion of the Court · HollandHolland, Judge
in which McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and MANSFIELD, KELLER and PRICE, Judges, joined.
Appellant was indicted for possession of more than fifty but less than two hundred pounds of marihuana and, in a separate indictment, possession of marihuana on which no tax had been paid. Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.121 (Vernon 1992); Tex. Tax Code Ann. § 159.201 (Vernon 1992). Prior to indictment, the Comptroller of Public Accounts sent appellant a notice of taxes due. Appellant made a $250 payment, and then filed a plea in bar and a pre-trial…
3Cases cited37 opinions
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- Hudson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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4Cited by52 opinions
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