Legal Opinion

Ex parte Ferrell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1969No. 42365PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

This is another application for a writ of Habeas Corpus from this relator. His last case is reported as Ex parte Ferrell, Tex. Cr.App., 406 S.W.2d 440, in which the writer for the Court denied the relief which relator sought saying:

“We are without authority to order that relator be given credit upon his sentence for the time he was confined under a void sentence.”

Since the rendition of such opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656(4), which is here controlling. The Court there…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Ex Parte FerrellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Smotherman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  2. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

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