Opinion
No. 08-13-00241-CR
07-14-2015
TODD MITCHELL, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court Number Three of Tarrant County, Texas (TC# 1283395D) ORDER
The Court notes that Chapter 845 of the Texas Health and Safety Code was amended during the regular session of the Eighty-Fourth Legislature, and that the act involving those amendments was signed by the Governor and became effective June 17, 2015. See 2015 Tex. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 845 (S.B. 746) (Vernon's Texas Session Law Service 2015, Eighty-Fourth Legislature, 2015 Regular Session). The amendments include changes to Sections 841.082(a) and 841.085(a). The amending act also provides that:
SECTION 41. The change in law made by this Act in amending Section 841.085, Health and Safety Code, applies to an offense committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act, except that a final conviction for an offense under that section that exists on the effective date of this Act remains unaffected by this Act.The Court requests the parties submit supplemental letter briefs to the Court by July 31, 2015, addressing (i) whether the amendments to Sections 841.082(a) and 841.085(a) have any application to this appeal, and (ii) if so, how these amendments affect the issues involved in this appeal. See TEX.R.APP.P. 38.7.
IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 2015.
PER CURIAM Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.