Legal Opinion
Ex parte Ridgeway
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 2, 1969No. 41978PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DOUGLAS, Judge.
This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and the opinion Ex parte Young, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 824. Petitioner, Ridgeway, was convicted in 1946 in Cause No. 4973 in the District Court of Orange County for the offense of rape. A prior conviction for rape was used for enhancement purposes. Punishment was assessed at life.
An application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in 1968 and was considered by the Honorable James N. Neff, Judge of the 128th Judicial District in Orange County. He found from the record without a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aubrey Jake Merkel v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ridgeway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946