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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 2, 1978No. H-1294Published

1Opinion of the Court

, The Attorney General of Texas December 19, 1978 JOHN L. HILL Attorney General Honorable Maurice S. Pipkin Opinion No. H- 1294 Executive Director State Commission on Judicial Conduct Re: Authority of municipal 120 Supreme Court Bldg. judges and justices of peace to Austin, Texas 767B change moving traffic violation to nonmoving violation. Dear Mr. Pipkin: You request our opinion concerning the authority of municipal court judges and justices of the peace in traffic cases. You ask whether a judge may dismiss a moving violation charge in exchange for a plea of guilty to a nonmoving violation…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Harris County v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Bragg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. Planters Lumber Co. v. Jack Collier East Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1962

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