Court Opinion

ID: 9684863
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:16:46.941557+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:00.670192
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BAIRD, Judge,
dissenting.
Our summary denial of applicant’s motion for rehearing wholly ignores the fact that our opinion on original submission failed to address four grounds for review which we agreed to consider.
On original submission, the majority stated we granted only two grounds for review. Ex Parte Mitchell, 977 S.W.2d 575, 576 (Tex.Crim.App.1997). And the concurring opinion states we granted review on only grounds one and two. Id., at 581, n. 1 & 2 (Meyers, J., concurring). However, the records of the clerk of this Court indicate applicant’s petition for discretionary review which raised six grounds for review was granted without limitation on January 29, 1997. The case “shuck” indicates that all grounds for review were granted. Additionally, the parties briefed all six grounds for review.
When a motion for rehearing informs us that we failed to resolve grounds for review that we agreed to consider, we should not dismiss the motion. Instead, we should either address those grounds, explain why they need not be addressed, or dismiss them as improvidently granted.
Because the majority fails to do so, I dissent to the denial of appellant’s motion for rehearing.