Ex Parte Edone

In Ex parte Port, 674 S.W.2d 772 (Tex.Cr.App 1984), this Court, relying on over sixty years of Texas caselaw, held per cu-riam that the unjustified refusal to answer the questions of a grand jury constituted contempt of the grand jury, punishable under Art. 20.15, V.A.C.C.P., as such and not under Art. 1911a, V.A.C.S., as “contempt of court.” See also, Ex parte. Wilkinson, 641 S.W.2d 927 (Tex.Cr.App.1982).1 Because the present majority now overrules that holding on a spurious rationalization dehors the statute, I must dissent.

Notable for its absence from the majority opinion is citation to…