Beller v. State

Full title: Shawna BELLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas

Date published: Jan 26, 2005

160 S.W.3d 587 (Tex. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 10-02-00282-CR.

January 26, 2005.

Appeal from the 411th District Court, Polk County, Texas, Trial Court # 16480; Robert Hill Trapp, Judge.

Karen Zellars, Spring, for appellant.

John S. Holleman, Polk County Dist. Atty., William Lee Hon, Polk County Asst. Dist. Atty., Livingston, for appellee.

DISSENTING OPINION TO ABATEMENT ORDER OF DECEMBER 1, 2004, ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion to the order withdrawing the judgment and opinion on petition for discretionary review, the Court lacks jurisdiction to issue an abatement order. See Beller v. State, No. 10-02-00282-CR, 2004 WL 3015320, at *1, 2004 Tex.App. LEXIS 10354, at *4 (Tex.App.-Waco Dec. 29, 2004, order) (per curiam) (Gray, C.J., dissenting). Accordingly, I dissent.