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Jordan v. State

Citations

  • 36 S.W.3d 871
  • 2001 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2
  • 2001 WL 40404

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a prior conviction is not final and cannot be used to deny appellant community supervision in the primary offense if appellant still has time to file a motion for new trial in the prior conviction case
  • discussing article 42.12, § 15(a), the predecessor statute to article 42A.551
  • probated sentence is a final conviction for enhancement purposes under § 12.42 when it is revoked
  • in construing an ambiguous statute, courts may consider \object sought to be obtained\
  • in construing an ambiguous statute, courts may consider “object sought to be obtained”
  • “We interpret a statute in accordance with the plain meaning of its language unless the language is ambiguous or the plain meaning leads to absurd results.”

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Judges: Keller, Holland, Womack, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, Price, Meyers, Johnson

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