Ex parte Perry

OPINION AND ORDER

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding filed in this Court by Relator, James Randel Perry, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 1824a (Supp.1980), seeking release from the custody of the sheriff of Nueces County, Texas.

*358Relator alleged that he was placed in the custody of the sheriff without a written commitment order and without a written judgment of contempt, but pursuant to an oral judgment of contempt on May 1, 1980, rendered by the 214th District Court of Nueces County. The contempt proceeding arose from Relator’s alleged failure to comply with…