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McBride v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Dec 4, 1991
819 S.W.2d 552 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 118-91.

December 4, 1991.

Appeal from 219th Judicial District Court, Collin County, Curt B. Henderson, J.

Douglas T. Floyd, Plano, for appellant.

Tom O'Connell, Dist. Atty., J. Bryan Clayton, Asst. Dist. Atty., McKinney, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW


Appellant was convicted by a jury of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity and sentenced to sixty years confinement plus a ten thousand dollar fine. He appealed his conviction and the Court of Appeals reversed his conviction, 803 S.W.2d 741. The State filed a petition for discretionary review. This Court granted the State's petition for Discretionary Review to determine whether or not the Court of Appeals erred in reversing Appellant's conviction and remanding the cause for a new trial as opposed to abating the appeal and remanding the cause to the trial court for proceedings consistent with Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964).

Upon further review of the case, however, we find that the State's petition for discretionary review was improvidently granted. Tex.R.App.P. 200(k). As in every case where we determine that the decision to grant review was improvident, we do not necessarily adopt either the language or reasoning of the lower court.

Accordingly, State's petition for discretionary review is dismissed.


Summaries of

McBride v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Dec 4, 1991
819 S.W.2d 552 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)
Case details for

McBride v. State

Case Details

Full title:Billy Ray McBRIDE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc

Date published: Dec 4, 1991

Citations

819 S.W.2d 552 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)