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SCOTT v. STATE

No. 1220-00.

55 S.W.3d 593 (2001)

Floyd Thomas SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Christopher Taylor, Galveston, for Appellant.

William Lee Hon, Asst. Dist. Atty., Livingston, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for the State.

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Can a successfully completed deferred adjudication be used to enhance punishment for a later offense when the provision permitting such enhancement did not exist at the time adjudication was deferred? We answer that question "no" and reverse the Court of Appeals's judgment.

1. Background

In 1991, appellant pled guilty to the offense...

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