Rivers, Richard Anthony

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-44,786-06 EX PARTE RICHARD ANTHONY RIVERS, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 0710442-D IN THE 178TH DISTRICT COURT HARRIS COUNTY MCCLURE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and HERVEY, RICHARDSON, NEWELL, KEEL, and WALKER, JJ., joined. YEARY, J., filed a concurring and dissenting opinion in which SLAUGHTER, J., joined. OPINION Is it legal for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to decline to release an inmate to mandatory supervision on one sentence until the inmate is eligible for…