Legal Opinion

Ex parte Hill

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1958No. 30,298Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator was on December 6, 1945, convicted in Cause No. 4869 in the district court of Palo Pinto County, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. Said conviction was appealed to this court and was affirmed. Hill v. State, 149 Texas Cr. Rep. 324, 194 S.W. 2d 266.

Relator presented his application for writ of habeas corpus to the judge of the district court of Palo Pinto County who granted the writ and made it returnable to this court.

Relator contends that the verdict will not support the judgment, and said judgment is therefore void. He…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  2. Shaver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

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