Love v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Love v. State, 909 S.W.2d 515 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995)
1995 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 108; 1995 WL 654452
Clinton

Love v. State

Dissenting Opinion

CLINTON, J.,

dissents with note:

Believing we are duty bound to decide the simple question of law involved and then remand to court of appeals to apply it, I respectfully dissent.

Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of Theft and his punishment assessed at confinement for one *516year. The Third Court of Appeals affirmed in Love v. State, (Tex.App.—Austin, No. 03-92-538-CR, delivered September 14, 1994). We granted discretionary review to test the vitality of our holding in Eisenhauer v. State, 754 S.W.2d 159 (Tex.Crim.App. 1988) after Heitman v. State, 815 S.W.2d 681 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991). However, it now appears that our decision to do so was improvident. Accordingly, the instant cause is hereby dismissed. As always, refusal or dismissal of a petition for discretionary review implies no decision on the merits.

Reference

Full Case Name
John Anthony LOVE v. The STATE of Texas
Status
Published