Legal Opinion
In re Tennison
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 19, 2016No. WR-85,771-01PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*822CONCURRING OPINION
RICHARDSON, J.,
filed a concurring opinion
in which MEYERS and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.
Jeremie Glen Tennison, Relator, waived a jury trial on an evading arrest charge. Thirty-six days before he was set for bench trial, Tennison filed a motion to withdraw his waiver of a jury trial. The trial court still had not ruled on Tennison’s motion on the day before his bench trial was set to begin. Tennison filed an emergency stay and mandamus with the Twelfth Court of Appeals, seeking to compel the trial court to hold a hearing on his motion. The emergency stay was denied. He then sought…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Hobbs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
- Wheatfall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
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