Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 21.28

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011

The clerk of the court, without delay, shall deliver the indictments in all cases transferred, together with all the papers relating to each case, to the proper court or justice, as directed in the order of transfer; and shall accompany each case with a certified copy of all the proceedings taken therein in the district court, and with a bill of the costs that have accrued therein in the district court. The said costs shall be taxed in the court in which said cause is tried, in the event of a conviction.