Ex Parte Swinney

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., in which the petitioner seeks his release from the Texas Department of Corrections. Petitioner was convicted in the District Court of Bowie County, Texas, in 1947, for the offense of felony theft; punishment was enhanced under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann. P.C., and petitioner was assessed a mandatory life sentence.

We see no point in reciting the extensive chronological history of this cause in reference to the various hearings and findings by lower courts. 1 The issue to be resolved by this Court…