Legal Opinion
State v. Ford
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided August 24, 2005No. 04-03-00628-CR to 04-03-00632-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice.
The State of Texas appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing five indictments against Frank Ford for misuse of official information under § 39.06(c) of the Texas Penal Code. Tex. Pen.Code ANN. § 39.06(c) (Vernon 2003). We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Factual and Procedural Baceground
This appeal arises out of the actions of attorneys Frank Ford and Tom Newton in representing their client, Harold Shields, in his federal civil rights and malicious prosecution suit. In March 2000, a Kerr County grand jury indicted Harold Shields for…
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