Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Manrique
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 10, 2001No. 04-00-00341-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, Justice.
Juan Manrique, charged with falsely holding himself out as a lawyer, challenges the constitutionality of the statute under which he was indicted. The trial court denied his writ of habeas corpus and this appeal followed. 2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Background
Manrique was indicted under Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 38.122, which states in pertinent part:(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to obtain an economic benefit for himself or herself, the person holds himself or herself out as a lawyer, unless he or she is currently licensed to practice law in this…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
- State v. Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1992
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Celis, Mauricio RodriguezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- Mauricio Rodriguez Celis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2011
- Patrick Marcel Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Brown, Patrick MarcelTexas Supreme Court · 2015
- Brown, Patrick MarcelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
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