Legal Opinion

Awadelkariem v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 3, 1998No. 0570-97Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

974 S.W.2d 721 (1998)

Husham E. AWADELKARIEM, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 0570-97.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 3, 1998.

John D. Nation, Dallas, for appellant.

Jeffrey L. Van Horn, Asst. State's Attorney, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, Judge, joined by McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and Mansfield, Price, Holland and Womack, Judges,

This case presents the question of whether a trial court has the power to rescind an order granting a new trial. Past cases have held that the trial court does not have that power. In its petition for discretionary review, the State contends…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Garcia v. DialCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Eichelberger v. EichelbergerTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Matchett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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