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EX PARTE SMITH

No. 05-04-00832-CR.

152 S.W.3d 170 (2004)

Ex parte Cornelius Sylvester SMITH, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Overruled January 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaDawn H. Conway, Munsch, Hardt Kopf & Harr P.C., Dallas, for Appellant.

William T. (Bill) Hill, Jr., Karen R. Wise, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for State.

Before Chief Justice THOMAS and Justices WHITTINGTON and FRANCIS.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice THOMAS.

Cornelius Sylvester Smith, Jr. was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He, along with several others, required Braylan Curry, another SMU student who was pledging Alpha Phi Alpha, to consume large quantities of water as part of Curry's initiation. As the result of drinking the large amount of water, Curry suffered convulsions...

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