Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Bilton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 16, 1980No. 64449PublishedCited by 213 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus which was submitted to this Court by the trial court pursuant to the provisions of Art. 11.07, V.A.C. C.P.

Petitioner was convicted of the offense of forgery in Cause No. 229822 in the 184th Judicial District Court of Harris County. Punishment was assessed at 11 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On March 1, 1978, this Court entered an order holding that petitioner’s “continual, piecemeal filing of frivolous applications for a writ of habeas corpus constitutes an abuse of the habeas corpus…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Landry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Minix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Ex Parte DoraCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Ex Parte CharlesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Ex Parte BanksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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3Cited by213 opinions

  1. Hogue v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  2. Ex Parte EmmonsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Ex Parte MorrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Middaugh v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Ex Parte ChoiceCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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