Court Opinion

ID: 9630529
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:13:03.444507+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:39:09.221127
License: Public Domain

WOMACK, J.,
filed a concurring
opinion.
Because I agree with the principle that appellate courts should give the parties notice of, and an opportunity to brief, issues that no party has raised on appeal,* I join the judgment of the Court.
I also agree with the principle that courts should avoid the decision of constitutional issues that are not necessary to the resolution of cases. But, because I do not agree with the Court’s discussion of the relationship of that principle to the former principle (ante at Part II), I do not join the opinion of the Court.

 See Montanez v. State, — S.W.3d —, —, 2006 WL 1083917 (Tex. Cr.App., PD-894-04, decided today) (Womack, J., dissenting).