State v. Hall

OPINION ON THE STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellee, Patricia Ann Hall, was charged by information with two counts of criminally negligent homicide, a Class A misdemeanor. See Tex.Penal Code § 19.07. The trial court dismissed the information on the ground the prosecution was barred by the two-year statute of limitations, and the First Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. State v. Hall, 794 S.W.2d 916 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1990). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review, pursuant to Rule 200(c)(4) of the Texas Rules of Appellate…