Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Forward
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 2, 2008No. AP-75,705PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeller, P.J.
WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
This ease presents a complex problem involving the stacking of sentences and eligibility for mandatory supervision. What is important to keep in mind as we wade through a series of “savings clauses” is not to confuse the when of eligibility for release with the whether of eligibility for release. Running a sentence for a pre-1987 offense consecutively with a sentence for a post-1987 offense affects when an inmate is eligible to be released on mandatory supervision on the sentence for the later offense (if he can become eligible) but it does…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte RuthartCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Ex Parte ChoiceCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Hannington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Ex Parte CowanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
3Cited by39 opinions
- Chase, Ryan FrancisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Ex Parte HernandezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
- State v. Posey, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009
- Fielding v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2008
- Alfred Ochoa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2010
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