Court Opinion

ID: 9811729
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:27:48.569598+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:16.970305
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TOM GRAY, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
Until the precedential value of Gray and Emich are established, I note my dissent to the affirmance of the trial court’s judgment, which we have not reviewed, when dismissal is the proper disposition of this appeal. See Gray v. State, 134 S.W.3d 471 (Tex.App.-Waco 2004, no pet. h.)(Gray, C.J., dissenting); Emich v. State, 138 S.W.3d 398 (Tex.App.-Waco 2004, no pet. h.)(Gray, C.J., dissenting). Interestingly, the majority attempts to bolster its position that affirming the judgment is the proper disposition by citing the 1979 Court of Criminal Appeals opinion, Williams v. State. See Williams v. State, 592 S.W.2d 931 (Tex.Crim.App.1979). The distinct difference between Williams and this case is that, in Williams, the Court of Criminal Appeals reviewed the record and found no reversible error. Id. at 933. In this case, we did not.
Thus, I respectfully dissent.