Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Butler
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 23, 1975No. B-5084PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator Gerald D. Butler was held in contempt of court and sentenced to three days in the Nueces County jail by Honorable Jack R. Blackmon, Presiding Judge of the 28th Judicial District, because of Butler’s refusal to answer a question in the course of his deposition being taken before the court. Butler claimed that he was entitled to remain silent in the exercise of his privilege against self-incrimination.
The State of Texas has filed suit against relator Butler wherein it alleges that Butler owned a tract of land in Karnes…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. United States Coin & CurrencySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- In Re SpeerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1998
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