Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Covin
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 6, 1955No. 27555PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICE, Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the relator seeks his release from the penitentiary where he is being confined under a sentence of life imprisonment assessed against him in the 124th Judicial District Court of Gregg County on April 8, 1943.
The petition for the writ was presented to the Honorable Fred Erisman, Judge of the 124th Judicial District Court of Gregg County. Upon a hearing before the Honorable Sam B. Hall, presiding in such court, the writ of habeas corpus was ordered issued and made returnable to this court as provided in Article 119, Vernon’s Ann. C.C.P.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Tyson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Covin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
3Cited by14 opinions
- Muniz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Ratcliff v. EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Donald v. Dumont v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Robert Glynn ChambersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Muniz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
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