Ralphs v. McClellan

Justice LEE,

opinion of the court:

1 1 This case comes to us on a petition for extraordinary relief from a case originating in justice court The underlying justice court proceedings involved misdemeanor charges against Cecil Ralphs under lewdness provisions of the criminal code. An earlier lewdness case culminated in a conviction in justice court in 2010. When Ralphs was subject to further lewdness charges in 2011 and 2012, he was charged with felonies in light of his prior convictions, And at that point Ralphs sought to challenge his 2010 conviction on the ground that he had been deprived of…