Legal Opinion

Mayfield v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 31, 1988No. 01-86-00270-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

LEVY, Justice.

Our opinion dated July 30, 1987, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted.

Appellant, Calvin Brent Mayfield, was found guilty by a jury of attempted murder and sentenced by the trial court to 20 years confinement. On appeal, appellant alleges eight points of error.

In his first point of error, appellant argues that his conviction is void because the judge presiding over pre-trial matters and the trial was not duly elected or properly assigned to hear his case.

The record reveals that appellant’s indictment was filed in the 208th Judicial…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Flanagan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. McClenan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Flournoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  2. Busby v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
  3. State Ex Rel. Holmes v. LanfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Billy Joe Hamilton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  5. Brewer, JamesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004

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