Ex Parte Wingfield

282 S.W.2d 219 (1955)

Ex parte Lacy WINGFIELD.

No. 27652.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 25, 1955.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1955.

J. P. Darrouzet, Austin, for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Prison System, seeks his release by writ of habeas corpus alleging that one of the prior convictions used to enhance his punishment under Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., was void because the judgment therein was indefinite in that it affixed his punishment at not less than two nor more than nine years.

Relator was…