Ex Parte Robertson

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus action in which applicants seek relief from a judgment holding them in contempt of the Criminal District Court No. 3 of Dallas County for violating the trial judge’s instructions given pursuant to Article 36.06, V.A.C.C.P., usually referred to as “the rule.” 1 Applicant Robertson’s punishment was a fine of $100.00. Applicant Wheatley was assessed punishment of confinement for one day in jail and a fine of $300.00. 2

Applicants allege several grounds of error, including a sufficiency claim that the evidence does not show that applicants…