Ex Parte Cannon
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by the relator Orby Truman Cannon, seeking his release from the Texas Prison System. He alleges that the order cumulating the sentences by virtue of which he is confined is ineffectual.
From the certified copies of the judgments and sentences before us, we learn the following:
On May 10, 1949, in Cause No. 61192 in the Crinimal District Court No. 2 of Harris County, the relator plead guilty to the offense of robbery by assault, and his punishment was assessed at ten years. Relator does not question the…
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