Legal Opinion
Laney v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided April 11, 2007No. 12-06-00170-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.
Deanna Laney was committed to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for inpatient care after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity of capital murder. She appeals from the trial court’s order that the Department may not grant her passes to leave the facility. In four issues, Appellant argues that the Department is given statutory authority to grant passes, that the trial court’s order violates the separation of powers and due course of law provisions of the Texas Constitution, and that the evidence is insufficient to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Reno v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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