Rendon v. State

On original submission, Panel B of this Court held that the Texas Constitution conferred upon a county court jurisdiction to hear a misdemeanor official oppression offense. This Court granted appellant’s motion for an En Banc rehearing to consider the propriety of the panel’s holding. After argument and upon reconsideration, we all agree that appellant’s first ground of error should be sustained and that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed.

The appellant was charged with “official oppression” in violation of TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. See. 39.02 (Vernon 1974). The case was tried in the…