The State of Texas v. Anderson Jose Gutierrez

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-24-00259-CR ———————————— THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant v. ANDERSON JOSE GUTIERREZ, Appellee On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 7 El Paso County, Texas Trial Court No. 20240C02866 M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N Because “jurisdiction over a case is an absolute systemic requirement,” the Court of Criminal Appeals has recognized that “[i]f there is no jurisdiction, the court has no power to act.”1 Criminal jurisdiction over a person requires the proper “filing of a valid indictment or 1 State v. Dunbar,

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