Legal Opinion

Ragston, Joshua Dewayne

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 2014No. PD-0824-13PublishedCited by 281 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · WomackWomack, J.

In this case, we address whether courts of appeals have jurisdiction to consider an interlocutory appeal of a pretrial motion for bond reduction. The intermediate court held that it does not have jurisdiction. We affirm.

Procedural History

On August 16, 2012, the appellant was indicted for one count of capital murder, one count of murder, and one count of aggravated robbery, all stemming from an incident that occurred on July 17, 2009, when the appellant was 17 years old. The appellant was jailed and held on no bond for the capital murder charge, and bond was set at $500,000 each for the…

3Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Olivo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Abbott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  3. Apolinar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Lyon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Bayless v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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4Cited by281 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Joshua Dewayne Ragston, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  2. Ex parte SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. in Re Jerry Hartfield, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2014
  4. Rabbani v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  5. in Re Joseph Clyde Ford, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2018

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