Ex parte Woodward

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a denial of relief requested under a pretrial application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner stands charged by indictment with the offense of capital murder, Y.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03. After hearing, the trial court denied bail, under authority of Tex. Const., Article I, § 11. This appeal ensued.

The constitutional provision requires that bail be set upon sufficient sureties for all prisoners, “unless for capital offenses, when the proof is evident. . . .” Id. By two grounds of error, petitioner first contends that the State’s…