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BROWN v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 22-0256.

660 S.W.3d 749 (2023)

Alfred Dewayne BROWN, Appellant, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas; Harris County, Texas; Breck McDaniel; Ted C. Bloyd; D.L. Robertson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 3, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy Martin , for Appellee City of Houston.

Christian Menefee , Seth B. Hopkins , Jonathan G.C. Fombonne , for Appellees Harris County, Texas, McDaniel, Breck, Bloyd, Ted C., Robertson, D. L.

Bill Davis , Austin, Judd E. Stone II , Brent Webster , Houston, Philip A. Lionberger , Austin, Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Erin Garza Kessinger , Charles Dunham Biles , David Grant Crooks , Dallas, for Appellant.

Many years ago, the People of Texas voted to change our Constitution to allow the State to compensate individuals who had been wrongfully imprisoned. Our legislature then enacted and has repeatedly amended a statute to implement this policy. That statute—now called the Tim Cole Act to memorialize...

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