Legal Opinion
Lanford v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 17, 1993No. 71,484PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON RELATOR’S APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
CAMPBELL, Judge.
On March 10, 1992, Norman Lanford, the elected judge of the 339th District Court of Harris County, lost his bid for reelection in the Republican Primary. On July 3 of that year, Lanford resigned from his office as district court judge. Also on July 3, the presiding judge of the Second Administrative Judicial Region, acting pursuant to *583Texas Government Code § 74.054, assigned Lanford to sit as a visiting “former judge” in the 185th District Court of Harris County starting July 6, 1992.1
On the morning of July 6, Harris County…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Ater v. Eighth Court of AppealsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Dickens v. Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Buntion v. HarmonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Robinson v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by95 opinions
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Appeals at TexarkanaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Kerry Heckman, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Williamson CountyTexas Supreme Court · 2012
- Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
- In Re McAfee, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2001
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