Opinion

Bell v. State

  • 546 S.W.2d 614
  • 1977 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 963
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Feb 16, 1977
Status
Published
Author
Odom
On the bench
Brown, Odom, Phillips
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

ODOM, Judge,

concurring.

I reluctantly concur with the majority opinion because the language of Art. 13.22, V.A.C.C.P., is not subject to any other interpretation. It puzzles me, however, why the Legislature has constructed this “one way street” for rape prosecutions. If the rape is committed in a county comprising one judicial district, the prosecution may proceed in any adjoining county. But, a county comprising one single judicial district cannot prosecute a rape occurring in an adjoining county. I perceive no justification for this *617 distinction. We must, however, adhere to the mandate of the statute.

PHILLIPS, J., joins in this concurrence.

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