Ex Parte Nations

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Prison System, acting as his own counsel, seeks his release from confinement by writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court of Brown County, alleging that the sentence by virtue of which he is confined is void because his trial counsel was not present at the time he was sentenced.

The judge of the district court of Brown County filed the writ, developed the facts, and certified the same to this court in accordance with the terms of Article 119, V.A.C.C.P. From this, we learn that relator’s trial counsel advised the court that…