Alvarez v. Eighth Court of Appeals of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[I]f the granting of relief by a habeas corpus court results in one of the enumerated situations within Art. 44.01(a), the State may appeal[.]”
• prosecution in municipal court; district attorney, not city attorney, had authority to represent the State in appeal from a habeas action filed in a county court at law
• “[T]he types of orders described in Art. 44.01(a) do not limit the State’s appeal to orders entered by a court exercising original jurisdiction,” even though those types of orders are “typically” entered by such courts.
• habeas action that invalidated a municipal prosecution of a municipal ordinance
• “We hold that if the granting of relief by a habeas corpus court results in one of the enumerated situations within Art. 44.01(a), the State may appeal regardless of what label is used to denominate the proceeding which results in the order being entered.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).