Court Opinion

ID: 9680818
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:39:11.555755+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:30.713947
License: Public Domain

ODOM, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the disposition of petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus and in the relief granted to the extent that the district court’s exercise of magisterial powers in petitioner’s case is declared void and the exercise of magisterial powers in that case by the Justice Court, Precinct 2, Position 2, is upheld. The majority, however, go too far in the scope of jurisdictional issues discussed. At issue in this case are the conflicting assertions of jurisdiction as magistrates by the district court and the justice court. The jurisdiction of the district court to try the case is not at issue and need not be discussed. Therefore, I do not join that part of the majority opinion that attempts to describe the exclusive means by which a case first filed by a complaint in justice court can be brought to trial. Inasmuch as that discussion is dictum, it should not be relied on for attacks on trial court jurisdiction in cases that may have reached trial by some path other than those described by the majority.
DOUGLAS, J., joins.