Ex Parte Mercado

590 S.W.2d 464 (1979)

Ex parte Ruben MERCADO, Appellant.

No. 60955.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

May 16, 1979.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1979.

Charles S. Black, Jr., Austin, for appellant.

Ronald D. Earle, Dist. Atty., Bill White, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

Petitioner contends that because of the language of V.T.C.A., Family Code, Section 51.02(1)(B)[1] and his…