Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Rutledge
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 16, 1987No. 69914PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCORMICK, Judge.
Before us is an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. The application presents the question of whether the 1987 amendment to the Prison Management Act, Article 6184o, V.A.C.S. is violative of the Texas or United States Constitution as an ex post facto law.
The Prison Management Act (hereinafter referred to as the PMA) was passed by the 68th Legislature as a stopgap measure to control prison overcrowding. According to the Act, when the Texas Department of Corrections (hereinafter referred to as TDC) reachs an occupancy level of…
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