Holcombe v. Texas

Decision Date02 October 2006
Docket NumberNo. 05-1640.,05-1640.
Citation75 USLW 3165,127 S.Ct. 176,75 USLW 3023,549 U.S. 824,75 USLW 3001,166 L.Ed.2d 41,75 USLW 3155
PartiesStephen John HOLCOMBE, petitioner, v. TEXAS.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE

Case below, 187 S.W.3d 496.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas denied.

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  • State v. Empey
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 4 d4 Agosto d4 2016
    ...103 S.Ct. 1855, 1858, 75 L.Ed.2d 903 (1983) ; State v. Holcombe , 187 S.W.3d 496, 499 (Tex.Crim.App.), cert. denied , 549 U.S. 824, 127 S.Ct. 176, 166 L.Ed.2d 41 (2006) ; see also State v. Edmond , 933 S.W.2d 120, 125 (Tex.Crim.App.1996) ("[T]he rationale for the vagueness doctrine extends ......
  • Flores v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 24 d3 Janeiro d3 2007
    ...104, 108, 92 S.Ct. 2294, 33 L.Ed.2d 222 (1972); State v. Holcombe, 187 S.W.3d 496, 499 (Tex.Crim.App.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 176, 166 L.Ed.2d 41(2006). A statute is not impermissibly vague because it fails to define certain words or phrases. Holcombe, 187 S.W.3d at 499. Fur......
  • Lawrence v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 27 d3 Dezembro d3 2006
    ...if its prohibitions are not clearly defined. State v. Holcombe, 187 S.W.3d 496, 499 (Tex.Crim.App.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 176, 166 L.Ed.2d 41 (2006); State v. Markovich, 77 S.W.3d 274, 279 (Tex.Crim.App.2002). We uphold a vagueness challenge only if the statute is impermiss......
  • Brown v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 18 d3 Novembro d3 2015
    ...State v. Holcombe, 145 S.W.3d 246, 250 (Tex.App.–Fort Worth 2004), aff'd,187 S.W.3d 496 (Tex.Crim.App.), cert. denied,549 U.S. 824, 127 S.Ct. 176, 166 L.Ed.2d 41 (2006). We must determine whether the statute reaches “a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct.” SeeUnited Sta......
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