Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Sanchez

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 17, 1980No. 65001PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding in the 130th District Court of Matagorda County remanding petitioner to custody for extradition to the State of Indiana.

The record reveals that neither petitioner nor his attorney was ever given copies of the documents supporting the Governor of Indiana’s warrant of extradition, even though request was made. This violation of Art. 51.13, Sec. 3, V.A.C.C.P. constitutes reversible error under our holding in Ex parte Holmes, Tex.Cr.App., 397 S.W.2d 458. See also, Ex parte Cain, Tex.Cr.App., 592 S.W.2d 359,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CainCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Ex Parte KronhausCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Ex Parte HolmesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SanchezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Ex Parte SanchezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Ex Parte: Lawrence Miller v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1993
  4. Matthew Wayne Tomlinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004

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