Cooper v. State

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an original action for mandamus filed in this Court under Article 5, § 3 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St. and Article 1734, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats. Although this proceeding relates to a criminal cause now pending in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, jurisdiction to issue the writ of mandamus is vested in this Court rather than in the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Appellate Procedure in Texas, § 1.4. The relator, Samuel Harold Cooper, stands charged with unlawfully possessing marihuana in Cause No. 29,067 on the docket of the District Court of…