Legal Opinion · Dissent

Enriquez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 2000No. 724-99Published

1Dissent

JOHNSON, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion in which MEYERS, J., joined.

I respectfully dissent. The majority states that “the appellate court must examine the entire record instead of plucking certain evidence from the record and examining it in a vacuum.” Ante, at 278. Yet, the majority appears to be “plucking.”

According to the Court of Appeals’ opinion note, the evidence established that the chemist tested the contents of one of the bundles recovered; but that sh'e did not chemically test the other bundles. Enriquez v. State, 988 S.W.2d 899, 903 (Tex.App.—Houston [14 th Dist.] 1999). As the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Robbins Chevrolet Co. v. Motor Vehicle Board, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  2. Enriquez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999

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