Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Bustamente

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 14, 1940No. 20985PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding.

Relator is under a purported indictment which was returned during the October term, 1939, of the District Court of Atascosa County. The grand jury for that term of court was impaneled at the beginning of the term and, having finished its labor, was by the order of the court discharged for the term on the 18th of October, 1939. Thereafter, on the 24th of October, the court entered an order reconvening the grand jury which had theretofore been finally discharged for the term. Only eleven of the grand jurors who had already been impaneled at…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hill v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Ogle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
  3. Brown v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Leech v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. Trevinio v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ex parte PaxtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. United States v. Robert Glynn ChambersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  3. Bustamente v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

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