Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Morrow

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 21, 1997No. 72593PublishedCited by 451 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MANSFIELD, Judge.

We ordered applicant Ricky Eugene Morrow’s post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus filed and set for submission to consider whether his guilty pleas were involuntary.1 Pursuant to a plea bargain, applicant pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, an aggravated robbery and two attempted capital murders. Applicant was then sentenced to three fifty-year concurrent sentences. No appeal was taken. Applicant now contends his guilty pleas were involuntary because: (1) the pleas were improperly induced by the State’s offer to return money that belonged to him,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by451 opinions

  1. Kniatt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  2. Ex Parte MoodyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Nicholas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
  4. Ex Parte HarringtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  5. Ex Parte MartinezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011

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