Legal Opinion
Millikin v. Jeffrey, District Judge
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 1927No. 7764PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cureton
Avery V. Millikin has filed a motion for leave to file a petition for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to the Honorable M. C. Jeffrey, Judge of the Twenty-second Judicial District Court.
The relator was convicted of the crime of murder in the District Court of Caldwell County, over which the respondent was, and is, the presiding judge. This conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals, and rehearing denied June 15, 1927. Millikin v. State, 107 Tex. Crim., 332, 296 S. W., 547.
Relator was in the penitentiary at Huntsville, awaiting execution, when the necessary steps were taken by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Cleveland v. WardTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Ableman v. BoothSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- In Re JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Wells v. LittlefieldTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Cooper v. People Ex Rel. WyattSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Ex Parte GilesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Vance v. RouttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- State v. KleinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Thomas v. StevensonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Lord v. ClaytonTexas Supreme Court · 1961
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