Legal Opinion

Morey v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided January 13, 1988No. 04-87-00030-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of driving while his drivers license was suspended. He pleaded guilty after his motion to quash the information was overruled. He contends the trial court erred in (1) not granting his motion to quash, and (2) denying him indigency status on appeal. We agree. We reverse his conviction and order the trial court to reconvene the hearing it held on the appellant’s status as an indigent.

INDIGENCY STATUS

The trial court found appellant was indigent and appointed the appellant’s attorney to represent him in the trial court. The appellant pleaded…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. March v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Castillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. PierceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Mills v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
  3. Howard Bauder Kahmann, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1994
  4. Curlin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. State v. Bishop, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996

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