Legal Opinion

Ex Parte: Marinda Palacios

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided July 24, 2019No. 08-16-00220-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ' No. 08-16-00220-CR ' Appeal from the EX PARTE: MARINDA PALACIOS, ' County Court at Law No. 7 ' of El Paso County, Texas ' ' (TC# 2016DCV2587) OPINION Appellant, Marinda Palacios, who was charged with the misdemeanor offense of Failure to Report Felony with Serious Bodily Injury or Death under Texas Penal Code § 38.171, challenges the constitutionality of the statute. Appellant filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus in which she asserted that the failure to report a felony statute is facially unconstitutional for…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Cockrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Ely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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