Alfred Woodrow Wilson, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court affirmed Wilson's conviction, holding that a defendant who fails to object pretrial to a procedural irregularity in the assignment of a retired judge forfeits the right to raise that issue on appeal; such challenges must be brought in a quo warranto proceeding, which only the State may initiate. Justice Keller concurred, disagreeing with the majority's view that a pretrial objection could preserve error.