Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 24, 1974No. 48804PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding brought under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., by petitioner, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections.
Petitioner was convicted of being an accomplice to murder with malice in Cause No. 9574, 85th District Court of Brazos County, on June 13, 1964. Punishment was assessed at 99 years. No appeal was perfected from this conviction.
Petitioner filed an application for the writ of habeas corpus alleging, inter alia, that the State improperly introduced in evidence, over his objections, the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by12 opinions
- McMahon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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