Ex parte Macias

The trial court granted a motion to suppress evidence, and the State appealed. After the court of appeals handed down its opinion on the State's appeal, but before mandate issued, a trial occurred. The trial was terminated by the trial court when the State discovered that the appellate mandate had not yet issued. The question before us is: Did the trial court have jurisdiction to conduct the trial? We answer that question "no," because the appellate mandate had not yet issued. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was charged with committing family-violence…