Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Retzlaff
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 19, 2004No. 74,772PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
We withdraw our previous opinion and substitute this opinion. The constitutional issue presented in this writ application is whether notice that a person will be reviewed for release on mandatory supervision at some unspecified time “before [his] projected release date” constitutes timely notice consistent with due process. We hold that it does not.
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Applicant was convicted of Possession of a Weapon in a Prohibited Place1 in March 1998 and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was eligible for release on discretionary…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ex Parte GeikenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Ex Parte ShookCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
4Cited by71 opinions
- Tony Ray Coleman v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Teague v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Ex Parte ErvinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Ex parte JohnsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
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