Steele v. McDonald

CONCURRING OPINION TO LETTER ORDER

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

Because the majority refuses to notify the practitioners of what appears to be a fundamental shift in the variance from the rules that the majority is willing to accept, I feel I must do so.

Recently in Reed v. State, the Court sent the following letter:

The Court received and filed the Brief of Appellant on May 5, 2006. Because the brief does not contain the “Identities of Parties and Counsel” and a “Summary of the Argument,” it does not comply with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.1(a) and 38.1(g). See Tex.R.App. P. 38.1(a),…