Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Smith
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 13, 2005No. 05-04-00832-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice THOMAS.
Cornelius Sylvester Smith, Jr. was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He, along with several others, required Braylan Curry, another SMU student who was pledging Alpha Phi Alpha, to consume large quantities of water as part of Curry’s initiation. As the result of drinking the large amount of water, Curry suffered convulsions and was hospitalized in intensive care. Smith has been charged by indictment with the felony offense of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. 1 By pretrial writ of habeas…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ex Parte WeiseCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Ex Parte MartinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Burke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Ex Parte WatkinsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Menefee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ex Parte SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Ex parte PaxtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- State v. Wiesman, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
- Ex Parte Jo Leigh Ares, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019
- Smith, Jr., Ex Parte Cornelius S.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
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