Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Dunn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 18, 1991No. 70505Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partBaird, Judge

While I concur with the result reached by the majority in the remaining points of error, I respectfully dissent to the disposition reached in interrelated points of error one, two, three, four and five1. For the *527following reasons, I would abate this appeal.

As I understand the majority opinion, Holloway v. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 484, 98 S.Ct. 1173, 1178, 55 L.Ed.2d 426 (1978), stands for the following proposition: when the possibility of a conflict of interest is brought to the attention of the trial court by either a pretrial motion or a trial objection, the trial court has the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Dunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988

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