Muniz v. State - 1st COA

A justice of the peace does have the authority under CCP art. 18.01(i) [1] to grant a blood search warrant under CCP art. 18.02(10) [2] if two municipal judges in the county are lawyers. CCP art. 18.01(i) [3] allows any magistrate to sign a CCP art. 18.02(10) [4] search warrant if the only judges serving a county who are licensed attorneys and who are authorized to issue art. 18.02(10) [5] search warrants are district judges serving more than one county. Here the municipal judges are not municipal courts of record and therefore cannot sign 18.02(10) [6] search warrants. Muniz v. State, 01-07-00129-CR. [7]

Links:
[1] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.01.00
[2] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.02.00
[3] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.01.00
[4] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.02.00
[5] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.02.00
[6] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000018.00.htm#18.02.00
[7] http://www.1stcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?OpinionId=85716