Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Felton
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 18, 1991No. 71069PublishedCited by 266 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAMPBELL, Judge.
This is a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Tex.Crim.Proc.Code art. 11.07.
Applicant was convicted in 1981 of aggravated robbery. Tex.Penal Code § 29.-03. The conviction was enhanced by a pri- or conviction from 1961 for a capital offense, robbery by firearm. Tex.Penal Code art. 1408 (Vernon 1953), see Tex.Gen.Laws ch. 62, 1895, repealed by Tex.Penal Code § 29.03 (1974). Punishment was assessed at seventy-five years imprisonment. The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed applicant’s conviction and sentence. Felton v. State, 659 S.W.2d 482…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Ex Parte CruzCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
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3Cited by266 opinions
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