State v. Parr
Decision Date | 05 April 1956 |
Docket Number | No. 217,217 |
Citation | 293 S.W.2d 62 |
Parties | STATE of Texas, Plaintiff, v. George B. PARR et al., Defendants. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Sam Burris, Dist. Atty., Alice, Wallace T. Barber, Dist. Atty., San Marcos, Sam Ratliff, Asst. Atty. Gen., D. S. Meredith, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of Texas.
No appearance for defendants.
This is a petition on behalf of the State presented for filing in this Court as an original proceeding. The prayer is for a Declaratory Judgment deciding whether or not the plea of limitation by certain defendants is good under Art. 180, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., or whether the Statute of Limitations as to the offenses charged in pending indictments was tolled by Art. 183, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.
The petition and brief in support thereof present the question to be decided and the reasons why a decision by this Court would facilitate the trial and give speedy and adequate relief upon a matter of great public interest.
The purpose to be accomplished, however laudable and of what interest to the public, cannot furnish a substitute for legal authority or jurisdiction of the Court over the proceeding.
Authority is cited in support of the claim that the petition presents an ideal case to invoke the Declaratory Judgment Act, but none is cited and we know of none which holds that the proceeding is one which this appellant court has the Constitutional or Statutory authority to entertain as an original action.
The following authorities would appear to foreclose the question of this Court's authority or jurisdiction to entertain the State's petition for a declaratory judgment. Art. V, Sec. 5, Vernon's Ann.St. Constitution of Texas: 'Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeals * * *
'The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of the State in all criminal cases of whatever grade, with such exceptions and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
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Ex parte Firmin, 60 Tex.Cr.R. 222, 131 S.W. 1116:
The Court of Criminal Appeals has only such powers as are conferred on it by the Constitution and statutes.
Art. 2524-1 Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. (Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act) Sec. 1:
Cowan v. Cowan, Tex.Civ.App., 254 S.W.2d 862, 864 (no writ history):
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