Jones v. State

I first point out that although I continue to subscribe to the view that I set out in the dissenting opinion I filed in Childress v. State, 784 S.W.2d 361 (Tex.Cr.App.1990), I momentarily concede defeat to the majority’s holding that V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 12.42 can be used to enhance a criminal offense that is set out in, not the Penal Code of this State, but, instead, the civil statutes of this State.

I file this dissenting opinion to express my disagreement with the majority’s holding that the court of appeals had no jurisdiction to accept Gene Autry Jones’, henceforth appellant, amended…