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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 4.04. Court Of Criminal Appeals

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Art. 4.04. [53A] COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.  Sec. 1. The 
Court of Criminal Appeals and each judge thereof shall have, and is 
hereby given, the power and authority to grant and issue and cause 
the issuance of writs of habeas corpus, and, in criminal law 
matters, the writs of mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, and 
certiorari.  The court and each judge thereof shall have, and is 
hereby given, the power and authority to grant and issue and cause 
the issuance of such other writs as may be necessary to protect its 
jurisdiction or enforce its judgments.
	Sec. 2. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have, and is 
hereby given, final appellate and review jurisdiction in criminal 
cases coextensive with the limits of the state, and its 
determinations shall be final.  The appeal of all cases in which the 
death penalty has been assessed shall be to the Court of Criminal 
Appeals.  In addition, the Court of Criminal Appeals may, on its own 
motion, with or without a petition for such discretionary review 
being filed by one of the parties, review any decision of a court of 
appeals in a criminal case.  Discretionary review by the Court of 
Criminal Appeals is not a matter of right, but of sound judicial 
discretion.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2536, Sec.6, eff. Aug. 30, 1971;  
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 802, ch. 291, Sec. 103, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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