Sec. 30.00137. APPELLATE COURT JURISDICTION. (a) The appellate court has exclusive jurisdiction over all appeals from the municipal courts of record of the city. The county courts at law of El Paso County have no jurisdiction over appeals from municipal courts.
(b) The appellate court and the judge of that court have the power in criminal law matters to issue to the municipal courts and judges of those courts the writs of mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, injunction, and other writs necessary to protect the appellate court's jurisdiction or enforce its judgments.
(c) The appellate court has the power on affidavit or otherwise to ascertain matters of fact necessary to the exercise of its jurisdiction.
(d) The judge of the appellate court is a magistrate within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.047 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 30 - Municipal Courts of Record
Section 30.00121. Short Title; Application
Section 30.00123. Marriage Ceremonies
Section 30.00129. Court Clerk; Other Personnel
Section 30.00130. Court Reporter; Use of Clerk's Records
Section 30.00136. Continuation of Municipal Court of Appeals
Section 30.00137. Appellate Court Jurisdiction
Section 30.00138. Term of Court
Section 30.00139. Appellate Court Clerk
Section 30.00140. Appellate Court Judge
Section 30.00141. Appellate Court Seal
Section 30.00142. Special Appellate Judge
Section 30.00145. Right of Appeal
Section 30.00146. No De Novo Appeals
Section 30.00147. Perfecting Appeal
Section 30.00162. Disposition on Appeal; Presumptions; Decision