Ex Parte Roberts

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, seeks relief from confinement.

Petitioner was convicted of the offense of “willfully and mischievously injuring personal property”, on his plea of guilty to the court, and assessed a ten year probated sentence on October 4, 1970. On August 18, 1971, petitioner’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. No appeal was taken from either the original trial or the probation revocation.

Petitioner filed his application…