Javier Antonio Rivera v. the State of Texas

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• noting that if the statute allows for attorney fees at both trial and appellate 14 levels, the appellate court has discretion to make an allowance of attorney fees on 15 appeal or remand to the trial court for that purpose
• “[T]he duty of a lower court on remand is to comply with the mandate of the appellate court, and to obey the directions therein without variation, even though the mandate may be erroneous.”

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