Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Article 44.01(a)(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, providing that the State may appeal a trial court's order if the order "modifies a judgment," clearly allows the State to appeal from an order that reduces a defendant's sentence, and that is signed after the trial court's plenary jurisdiction has expired.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2004
• Published 03/10/2004

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Virginia Koblizek Burt, Corpus Christi, for Appellant., Douglas K. Norman, Asst. DA, Corpus Christi, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.