Legal Opinion

Ex parte Powell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1982No. 69044Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus application filed pursuant to Article 5, Sec. 5, Texas Constitution. Petitioner was held in contempt of court under circumstances described in the district court’s Order of Contempt and its Judgment of Contempt and Order of Commitment:

“ORDER OF CONTEMPT
“BE IT REMEMBERED that on this the 16th and 19th days of July, 1982, the said Court being in session and the above-entitled and numbered cause then being heard, the person by name of DONALD C. POWELL did then and there commit the following acts, to wit:
“On July 16, 1982, in response to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YatesTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Ex Parte JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Ex Parte NeffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Ex parte ThomasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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