Case Name: C. W. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1973-05-01
Citations: 493 S.W.2d 793
Docket Number: No. 44071
Parties: C. W. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 493
Pages: 793–793

Head Matter:
C. W. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 44071.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 1, 1973.
Stuart Kinard (on appeal only), Houston, for appellant; Fred Heacock, Houston, Sarah Weddington, Austin, of counsel.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Frank Price, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
This is a conviction for abortion; the punishment, two (2) years.
This conviction was affirmed by this Court in Thompson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 493 S.W.2d 913 (1971). However, the Supreme Court of the United States, - U.S. -, 93 S.Ct. 1411, 35 L.Ed.2d 682, granted certiorari, vacated the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and remanded the cause to this Court for further proceedings in conformity with their opinion in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973).
The opinion of the Supreme Court requires us to reverse and dismiss this cause.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.