Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Scott
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 25, 1972No. 45115PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and in accordance with Ex parte Young, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 824, in which the petitioner seeks his release from confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Petitioner was convicted for the offense of burglary in May of 1967. His punishment was enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., and was assessed at life imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by this court on March 6, 1968. 1
Petitioner challenges his conviction on the ground that the 1954 conviction which was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Clennon Loud v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Ex Parte RogersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
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