Ex parte Hammonds

MORRISON, Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, seeks his release by writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was not represented by counsel when he plead guilty to an indictment charging him with the commission of the offense of burglary in the District Court of Midland County on July 3, 1945, and that such conviction was improperly utilized for the purpose of enhancement under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., in the present case by virtue of which he is now being confined.

The writ was granted by the Honorable J. E. Winters, Judge of the Criminal District Court of Tarrant…