Ex Parte Ramsey

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by Joseph Marshall Ramsey, III, applicant, filed on his behalf by his attorney Frank Y. Hill, Jr. The petition alleges that the applicant is being illegally confined in the Kerr County jail by virtue of a commitment order finding him in contempt entered by Honorable Julius R. Neunhoffer, County Judge of Kerr County, on April 22, 1982.

Prior to determining the merits of the contentions raised in the petition, it is necessary for this court to address a motion filed by the State wherein it is argued that Hill is disqualified from…