Ex Parte Ellis

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Relator was, on the 15th day of March, 1941, convicted, in the District Court of Jim Wells County, as, what is commonly called, an habitual criminal (Art. 63, P. C.) and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for life. From this judgment, he appealed to this court. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by this court, as is shown in 142 Tex. Cr. R. 294, 152 S. W . (2d) 757. Relator was, on May 3rd, 1941, received into the penitentiary, to serve the sentence imposed, where he is now and has been continuously incarcerated.

By application for the writ of…