Thompson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 1, 1973

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1973-05-01

Relies on Roe v. Wade · Thompson v. State

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Decided 1973-05-01

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently August 1993

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¶1OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

¶2This is a conviction for abortion; the punishment, two (2) years.

¶3This conviction was affirmed by this Court in Thompson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 493 S.W.2d 913 (1971). However, the Supreme Court of the United States, - U.S. -, 93 S.Ct. 1411, 35 L.Ed.2d 682, granted certiorari, vacated the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and remanded the cause to this Court for further proceedings in conformity with their opinion in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973).

¶4The opinion of the Supreme Court requires us to reverse and dismiss this cause.

¶5The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.