Koll v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, death.
The jurisdiction of the Fifty-ninth District Court of Gray-son County, in which this case was tried, to render the judgment of conviction is challenged.
Grayson County, where the offense was alleged to have been committed on December 20th, 1940, is situated in two Judicial Districts, the Fifteenth and the Fifty-ninth. As to said county, said courts have concurrent jurisdiction. Cases pending upon the docket of each court may be transferred to the other, at-the discretion of the judge thereof, and to effectuate which, an order to that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Garrett v. GainesTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Ringer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
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