Legal Opinion

Ex parte Short

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1971No. 43854PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding refusing appellant bail after indictment for murder with malice.

The Constitution of this State provides that all prisoners, are entitled to bail except in capital cases when the “proof is evident.” Article I, Sec. 11, Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St.

“The term ‘proof is evident’ means the accused, with cool and deliberate mind and formed design, maliciously killed the deceased, and that upon a hearing of the facts before the court a dispassionate jury would, upon such evidence, not only…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ThrashCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  2. Ex Parte PaulCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ContellaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Ex Parte ContellaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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