# Bell v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · February 16, 1977 · 546 S.W.2d 614

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5046867

## Case

- **Full name:** Roy Sylvester BELL v. The STATE of Texas
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** February 16, 1977
- **Citations:** 546 S.W.2d 614; 1977 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 963
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Odom
- **Judges:** Brown, Odom, Phillips
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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