Legal Opinion

Ex parte Punchard

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 31, 1967No. 40495PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus brought by an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections under Art. 11.07 Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. As grounds for relief he alleges that he was indigent and without counsel when he pled guilty to burglary on June 1, 1928, in Cause No. 8752, in the 20th Judicial District Court of Milam County; that such conviction was later used for enhancement in a conviction in 1941 resulting in a life sentence in the District Court of Milam County.

At a hearing on said application before the judge of the 20th District Court of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MorganCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Ex parte HuffmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte GreggCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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