Legal Opinion

Bowen, Deborah

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 20, 2012No. PD-1607-10Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-1607-10

DEBORAH BOWEN, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS

FISHER COUNTY

Meyers, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Womack, Johnson, Cochran and Alcala, JJ., joined. Price, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Keasler and Hervey, JJ., joined.

O P I N I O N

In Collier v. State, 999 S.W.2d 779 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999), we held that the court of appeals cannot reform a conviction of a greater offense to a lesser-included offense unless the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  2. Arevalo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Tolbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  4. Flores v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  5. Grey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009

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