Legal Opinion

State v. McCoy

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided July 26, 2001No. 03-00-00623-CRPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PURYEAR, Justice.

A grand jury indicted appellee Kathleen McCoy for two counts of manslaughter. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.04 (West 1994). The district court dismissed the indictment on appellee’s motion and the State appeals. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.01(a)(1) (West Supp.2001). We will affirm the district court’s order.

Each count of the indictment alleges that McCoy “recklessly causefd] the death of an individual, namely [named victim], to-wit: said Defendant did then and there drive a motor vehicle, in which the said [victim] was a passenger, into the waters of a flood,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. State v. MaysCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Cruz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Coleman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
  2. Bartlett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
  3. Holley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
  4. Hankins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
  5. State v. CastorenaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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