Legal Opinion

Trejo, Roberto Yarit

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 1, 2009No. PD-0276-08Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0276-08

ROBERTO YARIT TREJO, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HARRIS COUNTY

Keller, P.J., filed a concurring opinion in which Meyers, J., joined.

In the past, this Court often demonstrated confusion over the concept of jurisdiction. We have said "jurisdiction" when we really meant "authority," and we have failed to clearly distinguish the types of jurisdiction. When this Court previously had an expansive notion of fundamental error, it did not matter so much whether we…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Marin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Nix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  4. Studer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Garcia v. DialCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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