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Landers v. State

Citations

  • 957 S.W.2d 558
  • 1997 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 96
  • 1997 WL 731509

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing greater inclusive offense of theft of property, carrying a sentence of nine months, and retaining lesser included offense of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, carrying a sentence of sixty-two years
  • adopting the “most serious punishment” test in determining which conviction to retain
  • holding court should retain most serious offense
  • dismissing greater inclusive offense of theft of property, carrying a sentence of nine months, and retaining lesser included offense of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, carrying a sentence of sixty-two years
  • dismissing greater inclusive offense of theft of property, carrying a sentence of nine months, and retaining lesser included offense of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, carrying a sentence of sixty-two years
  • “The Court .... had second thoughts [after Landers] about - entering the thicket of parole eligibility and awards of good time.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Keller, McCormick, Mansfield, Price, Holland, Womack, Overstreet, Baird, Meyers

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