Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Cannon

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 4, 1955No. 27631PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte McFarlandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Ex Parte MarchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Ex Parte BazemoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Ex Parte BazemoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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