Jenkins v. State

OPINION DISSENTING TO DISMISSAL OF APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TEAGUE, Judge.

When a majority of this Court does something that is totally inconsistent with a prior decision or decisions of this Court, our presiding judge exclaims “Color Me Amazed”. See for example Aldrighetti v. State, 507 S.W.2d 770, 775 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); and Antunez v. State, 647 S.W.2d 649, 651 (Tex.Cr.App.1983). In light of what this Court did in Gauldin v. State, 683 S.W.2d 411 (Tex.Cr.App.1983), and what it does in this cause, I must echo the above statement.

In Gauldin v. State, supra, this Court…