Legal Opinion

Louis v. Office of Texas Attorney General Crime Victims' Services Division

Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)

Decided October 6, 2011No. 11-09-00315-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JIM R. WRIGHT, Chief Justice.

The trial court found that Kelvin E. Louis’s petition for judicial review of the attorney general’s decision to deny his claim as a crime victim was not timely filed. It therefore granted the attorney general’s plea to the jurisdiction. We affirm.

After a known assailant shot him in the stomach with a shotgun, Louis filed a claim for compensation as a crime victim pursuant to Tex.Code Crim. Proo. Ann. eh. 56, subch. B (Vernon 2006 & Supp.2010).

After a hearing, the attorney general denied Louis’s claim, and on November 24, 2008, it issued its final decision.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. MirandaTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Cameron v. Terrell & Garrett, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968

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