Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Joseph

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 28, 1962No. 34330Published

1Opinion of the Court

356 S.W.2d 789 (1962)

Ex parte Carol Jean JOSEPH.

No. 34330.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 28, 1962.

Foreman & Walsh, by William F. Walsh, Houston, for relator.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Jno N. Hughes, Assts. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for respondent.

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding attacking the validity of the order of District Judge Arnold H. Krichamer holding the relator in contempt of court for refusing to testify, and ordering the relator to be confined in jail until she…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Dendy v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Matter of DoyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Temple v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  5. Camron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893

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