Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 2008No. 06-0917Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
257 S.W.3d 684 (2008)
Lawrence HIGGINS, Petitioner,
v.
RANDALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Respondent.
No. 06-0917.
Supreme Court of Texas.
May 16, 2008.
Lawrence Higgins, Huntsville, TX, pro se.
James Farren, Randall County Criminal District Attorney, Canyon, TX, for Randall County Sheriff's Office.
2Opinion of the Court · O'NeillJustice O'Neill, joined by Chief Justice Jefferson, Justice Hecht, Justice Brister, and Justice Medina
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1 governs the procedures to establish an appellant's indigence. The rule enumerates eleven items of financial information that the affidavit of indigence must contain, TEX.R.APP. P. 20.1(b), and also provides that if no contest to the affidavit is filed, "no hearing will…
3Cases cited18 opinions
- Verburgt v. DornerTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's OfficeTexas Supreme Court · 2008
- Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's OfficeTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- Gibson v. TolbertTexas Supreme Court · 2003
- Griffin Industries, Inc. v. Honorable Thirteenth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1996
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