Legal Opinion
Runningwolf, Michael
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 2012No. PD-0997-10Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-0997-10
MICHAEL RUNNINGWOLF, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT=S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS
FLOYD COUNTY
Keller, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion.
The offense of simulating legal process proscribes the act of recklessly causing the delivery of Aany document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, or other court process.@[1] In conducting a sufficiency of the evidence analysis in this case, the court of appeals did not apply any overarching standard of what constitutes simulating legal process.[2]…