Patterson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Patterson v. State

99 S.W.3d 625, 2003 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 60, 2003 WL 1067392

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas

DecidedMarch 12, 2003

Docket1767-02, 1768-02

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Patterson v. State, 99 S.W.3d 625, 2003 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 60, 2003 WL 1067392 (Tex. 2003).

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of two charges of aggravated kidnapping, and his punishment was assessed at confinement for twenty-five years in each case. The Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions. Patterson v. State, 84 S.W.3d 826 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2002). Appellant seeks discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’ construction of the term “voluntarily” with regard to whether he voluntarily released the victims in a safe place. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 20.04(d).

At the time the Court of Appeals decided this ease, it did not have the benefit of our opinion in Brown v. State, 98 S.W.3d 180 (Tex.Crim.App., 2003), where this Court addressed meaning of “voluntarily” in Section 20.04(d). Accordingly, we grant ground two of Appellant’s petition, vacate the Court of Appeals’ judgment, and remand the cause to that court for reconsideration in light of Brown.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of two charges of aggravated kidnapping, and his punishment was assessed at confinement for twenty-five years in each case. The Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions. Patterson v. State, 84 S.W.3d 826 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2002). Appellant seeks discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’ construction of the term “voluntarily” with regard to whether he voluntarily released the victims in a safe place. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 20.04(d).

At the time the Court of Appeals decided this ease, it did not have the benefit of our opinion in Brown v. State, 98 S.W.3d 180 (Tex.Crim.App., 2003), where this Court addressed meaning of “voluntarily” in Section 20.04(d). Accordingly, we grant ground two of Appellant’s petition, vacate the Court of Appeals’ judgment, and remand the cause to that court for reconsideration in light of Brown.

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