Legal Opinion
In Re Beck
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 31, 2000No. 05-00-01100-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Opinion By Justice KINKEADE.
Relator David Beck contends the trial judge erred in not considering him eligible for bond under article 44.04 of the code of criminal procedure while his conviction is on appeal. We conclude article 44.04, as applied in this case, impermissibly infringes on relator’s due process and equal protection rights. Accordingly, we GRANT relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.
Relator was convicted of sexual assault of a child. Sexual assault of a child is an offense enumerated in article 42.12, section 3g(a)(l) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte CanadaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- State v. Shaw, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1999
- Energo International Corp. v. Modern Industrial Heating, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
- Charles David Robinson v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Johnnie Pruett v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Hill v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Hill v. Court of Appeals for Fifth Dist.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Lebo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Alexander Nathaniel Brenes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Ex Parte Jorge A. Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
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