Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Dyess

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 26, 1955No. 27447PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Prison System, seeks his discharge by writ of habeas corpus.

Relator is confined by virtue of sentences from the district courts of Wichita, Wilbarger and Ector Counties.

The sole question presented is the effectiveness of an order contained in the Ector County sentence. Relator contends that it is too vague and indefinite to effect its object. The order reads: “Said sentence not to run concurrently with sentences rendered in the 20th District Court of Wichita County, Texas, in Nos. 9241 and 9242 on Oct. 13, 1949.”

Relator relies upon…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CollierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Ex parte EppersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
  3. Ex Parte EppersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Ex Parte MarchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Ex Parte ShieldsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. Ex Parte BazemoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  5. Ex Parte BazemoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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