Ex Parte Dobbs’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Appellant argues that the terms of the 147th District Court control because the appellant made an appearance bond returnable to the 147th District Court and there is no signed order transferring the case from the 147th District Court. We disagree with appellant. Appellant was charged with the offenses of aggravated assault of a child and indecency with another child by contact, by sworn complaints filed in a Municipal Court of the City of Austin. Appellant was arrested and made an appearance bond in the municipal court conditioned on his appearance instanter before the 147th District Court or "before any court or magistrate before whom this cause may hereafter be pending at any time and place as may be required." See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. arts. 17.04, 17.08, 17.09, § 1 (West 1977 & Supp.1998). When the complaint was filed in the municipal court where the judge was sitting as a magistrate, that court had "sole jurisdiction over the complaint ... to the exclusion of all other courts, until the time the complaint was either dismissed by the court or superseded by the action of the grand jury." Ex parte Clear, 573 S.W.2d 224, 229 (Tex.Crim.App.1978); Ex parte Mitchell, 601 S.W.2d 376, 377 (Tex.Crim.App. 1980). The making of the appearance bond returnable to the 147th District Court did not vest felony jurisdiction in that court. "The presentment of an indictment invests the court with jurisdiction of the cause." Tex. Const. art. V, § 12(b). The filing of an indictment is esse”

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   e.g. Ex Parte Dobbs