IN RE PHILLIPS

NO. 14-0797.

496 S.W.3d 769 (2016)

IN RE Steven C. PHILLIPS, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: May 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marisa Resendez , Matthew F. Wymer , Renee Fronash McElhaney , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Relator.

Charles Roy , First Assistant Attorney, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Erika R. Sams , Lesli G. Ginn , Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Office of the Attorney, General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Jennifer Settle Jackson , Financial Litigation Division, Robert B. O'Keefe , General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent.


The Tim Cole Act ("the Act")1 provides compensation for the time a person is wrongfully imprisoned and for child support owed but not paid by the person, plus interest, while imprisoned.2 The Act states that "[t]he comptroller shall...

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