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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 15 S.W.3d 294
  • 2000 Tex. App. LEXIS 1968
  • 2000 WL 311018

How courts have described this case

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  • noting Latin phrase \nunc pro tunc\ means \now for then\ and describes inherent power of trial court to make its records speak the truth
  • noting Latin phrase “nunc pro tunc” means “now for then” and describes inherent power of trial court to make its records speak the truth
  • granting of motion based on mistake of law was in nature of judicial error
  • granting of motion based on mistake of law was in nature of judicial error
  • “[B]efore a judgment nunc pro tunc may be entered, there must be proof the proposed judgment was actually entered or pronounced at an earlier time”
  • “[B]efore a judgment nunc pro tunc may be entered, there must be proof the proposed judgment was actually entered or pronounced at an earlier time”

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Judges: Kinkeade, James, Fitzgerald

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