BYRD v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. 09-93-246 CV.

877 S.W.2d 566 (1994)

James BYRD, Jr., Appellant, v. The ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the STATE OF TEXAS, CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Byrd, Jr., pro se.

Karen Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for state.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BROOKSHIRE and BURGESS, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves an action against the Texas Crime Victims Fund, wherein James Byrd, Jr., appellant, alleges that he was victimized and deserving of compensation under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. art. 8309-1, called herein the "Crime Victims Compensation Act." On September 24, 1992, the Fund denied Byrd's compensation request. Appellant has been incarcerated in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at all times...

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