Legal Opinion
State v. Westergren
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 20, 1986No. 13-86-010-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Justice.
Relator, through the District Attorney, ' requests this Court to issue a writ of mandamus requiring the Honorable Mike West-ergren, Presiding Judge of the 214th District Court, to vacate a judgment of acquittal entered for the defendant in Cause No. 84-CR-892-F, The State of Texas v. Margaret Covington. After careful consideration, we deny the request.
We first face the question of our jurisdiction to issue such a writ. The TEX. CONST, art. V, § 6, and TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221 (Vernon Supp.1986) authorize this Court to issue writs of mandamus in criminal cases. Wolff v.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Fong Foo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. Garza, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
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- State v. Savage, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1994
- Mattiza v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- State v. Garza, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1986
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