Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Joseph STEWART, III
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided March 22, 2002No. 07-01-00399-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN T. BOYD, Chief Justice.
Relator Joseph Stewart, III brings this appeal from the trial court’s denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus. Finding no error in the trial court’s ruling, we affirm the order of the trial court.
On August 21, 2001, relator filed a pro se petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenged his assignment to a psychiatric unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division and its treatment of him, involuntarily, by the use of anti-psychotic drugs. 1 In his petition, he alleged he was deprived of his due process rights in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. HarperSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Arthur X. Carson v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Headrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
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