Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Forward
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 2, 2008No. AP-75,705Published
1Opinion of the Court
258 S.W.3d 151 (2008)
Ex parte John Patrick FORWARD, Applicant.
No. AP-75705.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
July 2, 2008.
John Patrick Forward, pro se.
Rodney D. Conerly, Asst. Criminal District Atty., Beaumont, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.
KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
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- Ladner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ex Parte RuthartCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Ex Parte ForwardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Ex Parte ThompsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
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