State v. Alley

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

In this case, we consider whether the State may appeal a justice court’s ruling dismissing a Class-C misdemeanor complaint for failure to stop at a stop sign directly to the court of appeals. In November 2002, the justice court dismissed criminal complaints alleging that, on separate occasions, appellees Lee Michael Alley and Patricia Delarosa failed to stop at a stop sign. Neither complaint specified the location where the alleged offense occurred. The State appealed in a notice providing that, “The State of Texas now gives written Notice of Appeal to the Court of…