Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Moorehouse
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 22, 1981No. 66216Published
1Opinion of the Court
614 S.W.2d 450 (1981)
Ex parte Jeff MOOREHOUSE.
No. 66216.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
April 22, 1981.
Douglas Tinker, Corpus Christi, for appellant.
Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
Before the court en banc.
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This is an attempted appeal from an order of contempt entered in the 105th District Court holding petitioner in contempt for refusing to answer certain questions before a Nueces County grand jury.
It is well established that there is no right of appeal from an order of contempt. Ex parte Supercinski, 561 S.W.2d 482 (Tex.…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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