Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Crisp
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 14, 1983No. 1044-82, 1045-82PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
MILLER, Judge.
Appellants were charged with the offense of “aggravated possession of marihuana,” pursuant to indictments issued alleging that each of them possessed more than 2,000 pounds of marihuana. Appellants filed a pretrial writ of habeas corpus attacking the constitutionality of House Bill 730,1 which was passed by the Legislature in 1981 and purported to amend the Texas Controlled Substances Act, V.A.C.S., Art. 4476-15 (Supp.1982). The trial court conducted a hearing on the matter and refused to grant appellants relief. Appellants…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Stein v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Crisp v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- City of Brownsville v. Public Utility CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
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3Cited by128 opinions
- Ex Parte WeiseCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Marquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Moraguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ex Parte GibauitchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Wade v. MaysCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
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