Legal Opinion

State v. Laird

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 2, 2006No. 2-05-312-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOB McCOY, Justice.

I.INTRODUCTION

The State appeals the trial court’s order quashing the information in which appel-lee, Jerry Dwayne Laird, was charged with violating the Texas Clean Air Act.1 In its sole point, the State argues that the trial court abused its discretion by granting the motion to quash because the information set forth all of the elements of the offense, sufficiently negated the exceptions to the offense, and provided sufficient notice to Laird of the charges being brought against him. We reverse and remand.

II.BACKGROUND FACTS

On February 7, 2005, the State filed an…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. State v. MoffCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  3. Studer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Bynum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. Boris Zorrilla, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2013
  2. Alberto Alba Villarreal v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2015
  3. Christopher Leverson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2016
  4. Girgis Gorgy Salib Istfanous v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2025
  5. State v. LairdCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006

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