Mata v. State

ON REFUSAL OF APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. His punishment was assessed by the jury at three years’ imprisonment. On appeal his conviction was affirmed in an unpublished opinion by a panel of the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals. That court, inter alia, rejected appellant’s contention his conviction was null and void since it was rendered in the 156th District Court, and that court did not have criminal jurisdiction. Article 199, § 156, V.A.C.S. The Court of…