Ex parte Morgan

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, seeks his release by original application, pro se, for habeas corpus. He is presently confined by virtue of judgments and sentences entered in Cause Nos. 10,714 and 10,744 in 5th District Court, Cass County, Texas.

Relator contends that the punishment assessed in each cause, fifteen (15) years, is in excess of the maximum penalty provided by law for the offenses involved and that such sentences are therefore excessive and void.

We shall discuss each case separately.

The indictment in Cause No. 10,744 charges the…