Ray Steed and Leslie Wray v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the defendants’ motions for instructed verdict and new trial were not sufficiently specific under Rules 268 and 322, and that the trial court’s commitment order was indefinite because it failed to state the juveniles’ twenty‑first birthday dates. Accordingly, the Court reversed both the trial court and Court of Civil Appeals judgments and remanded for further proceedings.