Ex Parte Rodriguez and Munoz

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Applicants ask the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, and that upon a hearing of same they be discharged from the custody of the warden of our state penitentiary, who holds them by virtue of an order and judgment of the 79th Judicial District Court of Texas directing their execution, in accordance with the terms of a mandate issued by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas after the affirmance upon appeal of judgments of said district court assessing against both applicants the death penalty. As supporting their right to the issuance of the writ prayed for, applicants claim…