Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Sewell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1980No. 65797PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

The appellant seeks post-conviction relief under the provisions of Art. 11.07, V.A.C. C.P. from a conviction for the offense of theft.

The petitioner alleges that on the 21st day of June, 1955, in Cause No. 74,779 in Criminal District Court No. 2 of Harris County, he was convicted for the offense of theft on an indictment which did not charge the offense of theft. A copy of that indictment in this record properly alleges as the primary offense the offense of burglary; the allegations are insufficient to allege the offense of theft because they do not describe nor allege the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GuzmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Ex Parte BurtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Ex Parte LangstonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Franks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Ex Parte JentschCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RenierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Dixon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  3. Ex Parte SewellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Middleton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006
  5. Ex Parte OrmsbyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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