Legal Opinion
Van Brown v. Underwood
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 17, 1988No. 09-87-184 CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROOKSHIRE, Justice.
At the threshold, we are met with a consideration of our jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus in criminal cases. In Dickens v. Ct. of App., 2nd Sup.Jud.Dist., 727 S.W.2d 542, 546, 548 (Tex.Crim.App.1987), we find the court holding:
“The courts of appeals ‘shall have such other jurisdiction, original and appellate, as may be prescribed by law.’ Tex. Const, art. 5, Sec. 6. The Legislature has provided that ‘[e]ach court of appeals may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law regulating those writs, against a judge of a district or county…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dickens v. Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Perkins v. Court of Appeals for Third Supreme Judicial District of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Ginsberg v. Fifth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Houlihan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Vance v. RouttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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