Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Bell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1954No. 27370PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus brought by relator seeking his release from the Texas Prison System.

Relator is confined by virtue of sentences from the district courts of Wichita, Palo Pinto, Tarrant and Hutchinson Counties. None of these sentences attempt to cumulate each other except that from Tarrant County. Relator contends that such cumulation is insufficient. It reads as follows:

“It is further ordered that the punishment under this sentence shall begin when the Judgment and Sentence in Cause No. 9120, in the District Court of Wichita County,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte CollierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Stokes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Ex Parte MarchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Ex Parte HamiltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  5. Ex Parte ShieldsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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