Ex Parte Washington

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is an original application for the writ of habeas corpus, by which relator seeks his discharge from the penitentiary of this state wherein he is confined and serving a sentence of life imprisonment as an habitual criminal, which sentence was assessed against him by the Criminal District Court of Harris County upon his plea of guilty and waiver of trial by jury, in Cause No. 55667 upon the docket of that court.

The judgment of conviction is attacked as void and unenforceable because of the failure of the trial court to appoint counsel to represent him upon the trial of the…