Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Sawyer

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 16, 1964No. 37675PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

By habeas corpus proceeding brought under the provisions of Art. 119, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., petitioner attacks the sentences under which he is confined in the Texas Department of Corrections, namely:

Sentence in Cause No. S-61553 in the 175th District Court of Bexar County upon an indictment for murder of Marjory Jo Sawyer, and

Sentence in Cause No. S-61554 in the same court upon an indictment for the murder of William C. Sawyer.

These sentences were pronounced on February 7, 1963, and are concurrent sentences for a term of not less than 2 nor more than 10 years from and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hultin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  2. Dearing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
  3. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  5. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ContellaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. In re W. R. M.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Sawyer v. HauckDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1965
  4. Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Stockton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974

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