Salinas v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

William J. Boyce, Justice

This appeal arises from appellant Orlando Salinas’s conviction for injury to an elderly person and comes to us on remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. See Salinas v. State, 464 S.W.3d 363 (Tex.Crim.App.2015). The sole issue on remand is whether, “based upon the statute as it is written, Section 133.102 [of the Texas Local Government Code] is unconstitutional on its face, without regard to severability principles or to evidence of what the funds designated in the statute actually do.” Id. at 368. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

A jury found…