District courts and criminal district courts shall have original jurisdiction in criminal cases of the grade of felony, of all misdemeanors involving official misconduct, and of misdemeanor cases transferred to the district court under Article 4.17 of this code.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 4.05
JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Rothgery v. Gillespie County (2008)
Most recently applied in Rothgery v. Gillespie County (June 2008)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.