Legal Opinion · Dissent

Crawford v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided May 9, 2007No. 10-06-00269-CRPublished

1DissentTom Gray, Chief Justice

As I have said before, if the majority is going to throw the rule book away, then they should tell the world so litigants, and I, for that matter, understand what we are doing. See Rodgers v. State, 78 S.W.3d 616, 617 (Tex.App.-Waco 2002, order) (Gray, J., dissenting). We seem to know what the rules are because we have applied them before — even in this appeal. I don’t mind applying the rules. What I do mind is the majority’s schizophrenic choice to apply them to some issues or proceedings but not to others based upon factors which I cannot identify, determine, assess, or evaluate. In re…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Kutzner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. Rushing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  4. Everett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
  5. Abdullah v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007

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