Legal Opinion
State v. Mays
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 15, 1998No. 0367-97PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, Judge
in which MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND and WOMACK, Judges, joined.
Appellee, John Allen Mays, was charged by indictment with the offense of barratry. Prior to trial, he filed a motion to quash the indictment, claiming it failed to allege the offense charged with sufficient specificity. The trial court agreed and quashed the indictment. On a State’s appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s action. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether an indictment alleging barratry by soliciting…
3Cases cited16 opinions
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