Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Nivens

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 22, 1981No. 68333PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus proceeding brought under Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

Petitioner is currently an inmate of the Department of Corrections. He is restrained as a result of his conviction in the 178th District Court in Cause No. 286,967 for burglary of a habitation. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found he had been twice previously convicted of felony offenses as alleged in the indictment. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.-42(d). On appeal petitioner’s conviction was affirmed in an unpublished per curiam opinion, Nivens…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Minix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Ex Parte CharlesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Ex Parte HowethCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Ex Parte MillardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Hogue v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  3. Ex Parte PattersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. Ex parte PueCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
  5. Ex Parte RussellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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