Legal Opinion

Ex Parte King

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 1, 1981No. 66936PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus wherein petitioner claims the trial court acted unlawfully by revoking his posted bail bond and raising bail from $10,000 to $100,000.

The following facts are not in dispute: On December 5, 1980, petitioner was indicted by a grand jury of Nueces County for the offense of possession of more than four ounces of marihuana. Bail was set at $500,-000, but after a hearing on an application for writ of habeas corpus the trial court ordered bail reduced to $10,000. Petitioner posted this bail. After pre-trial hearings were held in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SpauldingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Cuellar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Riku MelartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Meador v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Gomez, Ex Parte JosephCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2021
  4. in Re Erik Ramos II, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2023

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