Legal Opinion

Cervantes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 17, 1937No. 18812PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— Drunkenness in a public *6place is the offense; penalty assessed at a fine of twenty-five dollars.

Appellant was convicted in the Corporation Court of Del Rio, Texas, upon a complaint charging him with drunkenness. From a judgment of conviction in that court he appealed to the County Court of Val Verde County, where he was again convicted and a fine of twenty-five dollars assessed against him by the judge who tried the case.

Under the terms of Article 53, C. C. P., the Court of Criminal Appeals is without jurisdiction in prosecutions originating in an inferior court and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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