Court Opinion

ID: 9773094
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:36:33.396451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:50.018963
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DALLY, Judge,
dissenting.
I join in the dissenting opinion of Presiding Judge Onion. In Bradley v. State, 564 S.W.2d 727 (Tex.Cr.App.1978), in my concurring opinion, I stated that I did not believe the testimony of another proceeding is a proper subject of judicial knowledge. I concurred in the abatement of the appeal and with the majority in Bradley v. State, supra, because the parties had relied upon former decisions of this Court.
I reiterate my suggestion of a procedure that would avoid the problems raised in this appeal. When a defendant has been indicted and the same offense is also alleged as a ground for revoking probation, the court should announce prior to trial on the indictment that it will consider the same evidence as a ground for revocation of probation. See, for example, Rodriquez v. State, 552 S.W.2d 451 (Tex.Cr.App.1977), in which the procedure suggested was used.