Legal Opinion
De Leon v. Aguilar
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 21, 2004No. 74,760PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the law. provides an immediate remedy to enforce a right to recuse a biased trial judge. We hold that it does.
This is an original mandamus proceeding filed by Eduardo Chavez (Chavez) and Cesar De Leon (De Leon). They seek mandamus relief from this Court to compel respondent either to grant their recusal motions or to refer their recusal motions for another judge to decide. De Leon has criminal charges pending against him in respondent’s court. After the…
3Cases cited12 opinions
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- Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
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4Cited by197 opinions
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