Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Williams
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 22, 1967No. 40892PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding by an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections attacking the validity of the life sentence under which he is now confined. Petitioner (also applicant) filed his pro se application for writ of habeas corpus in the 21st District Court of Washington County under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., as amended (Acts 1967, 60th Leg., Ch. 659, pp. 1732, 1734, 1735). See also Ex parte Young, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 824.
In said application petitioner alleged that he is now confined by virtue of a judgment and sentence…
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