When two or more courts have concurrent jurisdiction of any criminal offense, the court in which an indictment or a complaint shall first be filed shall retain jurisdiction except as provided in Article 4.12.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 4.16
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Garcia v. State (1995)
Most recently applied in Sharkey v. State (June 1999)
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.