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423 S.W.2d 931

Bridges v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 24, 1968

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1968-01-24

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1977

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of the State in all criminal cases. This Article shall not be so construed as to embrace any case which has been appealed from any inferior court to the county court, the county criminal court, or county court at law, in which the fine imposed by the county court, the county criminal court or county court at law shall not exceed one hundred dollars.””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Walker v. State

Relies on 169 Tex. Crim. 357 - Trull v. State · Butler v. State · Hoover v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1968-01-24

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ONION, Judge.

¶1 OPINION

¶2 These four cases are consolidated for the purpose of appeal. Speeding is the offense in each case; the punishment is a fine of $20 for each offense.

¶3 Appellant’s convictions resulted from trials de novo in the County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 of Harris County, Texas, after appeals from convictions in the Corporation Court of the City of Houston.

¶4 Article 4.03, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. reads as follows:

“The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of the State in all criminal cases. This Article shall not be so construed as to embrace any case which has been appealed from any inferior court to the county court, the county criminal court, or county court at law, in which the fine imposed by the county court, the county criminal court or county court at law shall not exceed one hundred dollars.”

¶5 Since these are appeals from causes originating in the Corporation Court and the fine assessed at the trial de novo in each case does not exceed $100, this Court is without authority to enter any order other than to dismiss the appeals. Taylor v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 396 S.W.2d 893; Butler v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 363 S.W.2d 469; Hoover v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 355 S.W.2d 527; Trull v. State, 169 Tex.Cr.R. 357, 334 S.W.2d 180.

¶6 The appeal in each case is dismissed.

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