Knowles v. Scofield

I concur with the majority that relief should not be granted.

This is a collateral attack upon an indictment alleging that the courthouse of Den-ton County is not located at the county seat. This Court has held that a collateral attack may not be made upon an indictment where it was presented at the de facto site of county government:

“The jurisdiction of the court to try this case at Marfa did not depend upon the question whether or not Marfa was the county-site de jure of Presidio county. It being de facto the county-site was sufficient to give the court jurisdiction; Marfa was being occupied…