Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

William Travis Light, Appellant v. the State of Texas

April 5, 20002000 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 39

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals vacated and remanded the case because the intermediate Court of Appeals failed to address the State's argument that the appellant's admission established personal service of the summons. The majority held that appellate courts must consider every argument necessary to the disposition of an appeal. A dissent argued that the Court of Appeals had addressed all arguments and that no remand was warranted.