Legal Opinion
Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles v. Miller
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 28, 1979No. 62121PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
Petitioner, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (hereinafter referred to as the Board), filed this petition for a writ of mandamus pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, Texas Constitution, to order a trial judge not to deliver a file of a parolee to his counsel in a case involving a different offense from that of which he was originally convicted. The requested relief is granted in part and denied in part.
On June 20, 1979, attorneys for the defendant, in a case styled The State of Texas vs. Dwight Sennert Barnes, in the County Criminal Court No. 7 of Dallas County, had…
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