Texas v. Zermeno (original by judge cochran)
Annotate this CaseIn two consolidated cases, the trial judge granted the defendants’ motions to suppress evidence. The State appealed each case, but the court of appeals dismissed the appeals, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction because the elected district attorney failed to timely file the statutorily required certification that the appeal was not taken for delay and that the evidence suppressed was of “substantial importance” to the case. The State filed for discretionary review, asking whether the court of appeals’ interpretation of the certification requirement was “hypertechnical” and contrary to statutory construction. Upon review, the Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that it was neither: "the district attorney’s certification is necessary to confer jurisdiction on the court of appeals. We, therefore, affirm the judgments of the court of appeals in these cases."
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