Kelly v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND REVIEW ON COURT’S OWN MOTION

TEAGUE, Judge.

We granted the petition for discretionary review that was filed on behalf of Patrick O’Neil Kelly, hereinafter referred to as appellant, in order to review the decision by the court of appeals, Third Supreme Judicial District, which rejected the appellant’s claim that Art. 1918c, V.A.C.S., the “Dallas County Magistrates’ Act”, was unconstitutional 1 as it was enacted in contravention of Art. Ill, Section 56, of the State Constitution, which in general prohibits the enactment of any “local or…