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23 St. Mary's L.J. 423 (1991-1992)
The Court of Criminal Appeals Versus the Constitution: The Conclusivity Question

handle is hein.journals/stmlj23 and id is 437 raw text is: THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS VERSUS THE CONSTITUTION: THE CONCLUSIVITY QUESTION SUSAN BLEIL* CHARLES BLEIL** I. Introduction ............................................ 424 II. The Constitutional Provision Relating to Appellate Court Fact Jurisdiction ....................................... 425 III. The Texas Supreme Court's View ....................... 427 A . Early Cases ........................................ 427 1. Choate v. San Antonio & A. P. Ry .............. 427 2. In re King's Estate ............................. 429 3. Traylor v. Goulding ............................ 430 B. Survival Against Recent Attacks on Courts of Appeals' Fact Jurisdiction .......................... 431 IV. The Court of Criminal Appeals' View ................... 433 A . Background ....................................... 433 1. Before the 1980 Constitutional Amendment ..... 433 2. Opposition to Vesting Criminal Jurisdiction in Intermediate Courts of Appeals ................. 434 3. Reluctance Since 1980 to Accept Intermediate Courts' R ole ................................... 435 B. Early Decisions .................................... 436 1. Com bs v. State ................................. 436 2. Van Guilder v. State ............................ 439 3. Schuessler v. State .............................. 441 C. Courts of Appeals Decisions ....................... 442 D. The Court of Criminal Appeals' Current Perspective ........................................ 450 Assistant City Attorney, Texarkana, Texas; former briefing attorney, Sixth Court of Appeals; B.B.A. University of Texas at San Antonio; J.D., St. Mary's University. ** Justice, Court of Appeals, Sixth Court of Appeals District of Texas; B.B.A. Texas Tech University; J.D., University of Texas; LL.M. in Judicial Process, University of Virginia. The authors express their appreciation to Diana Tucker for her patient and competent word processing assistance.