Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 18A.051. JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, a judge of competent jurisdiction is a judge from the panel of nine active district judges with criminal jurisdiction who is appointed by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals under this article.
(b) The presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, by order filed with the clerk of that court, shall appoint one district judge from each of the administrative judicial regions of this state to serve at the presiding judge's pleasure as the judge of competent jurisdiction in that administrative judicial region.
(c) The presiding judge shall fill vacancies as those vacancies occur in the same manner.
(b) The presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, by order filed with the clerk of that court, shall appoint one district judge from each of the administrative judicial regions of this state to serve at the presiding judge's pleasure as the judge of competent jurisdiction in that administrative judicial region.
(c) The presiding judge shall fill vacancies as those vacancies occur in the same manner.
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