State v. Frank Empey

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-14-00407-CR THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE V. FRANK EMPEY APPELLEE ---------- FROM THE 271ST DISTRICT COURT OF WISE COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. CR17613 ---------- DISSENTING OPINION ---------- John Locke discussed the purpose of government in his Two Treatises of Government.1 Many of his ideas are reflected in Thomas Jefferson’s writings, 1 See generally John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (Peter Laslett ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2d ed. 1967) (1690). including our Constitution.2 People join together to create a society and empower their…