Legal Opinion

Ragston, Joshua Dewayne

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 2014No. PD-0824-13Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0824-13

JOSHUA DEWAYNE RAGSTON, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS,

GRIMES COUNTY

2Opinion of the Court · WomackWomack, J.

OPINION

In this case, we address whether courts of appeals have jurisdiction to consider an interlocutory appeal of a pretrial motion for bond reduction. The intermediate court held that it does not have jurisdiction. We affirm.

Procedural History

On August 16, 2012, the appellant was indicted for one count of capital murder, one count of murder, and one count of aggravated robbery, all stemming from an incident that…

3Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Olivo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Abbott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  3. Apolinar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Lyon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Bayless v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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