Countryman, Ex Parte Donald Eugene

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-1964-05

EX PARTE DONALD COUNTRYMAN

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS

KAUFMAN COUNTY

Meyers, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Price, Womack, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Johnson, J., concurred in the result.

O P I N I O N

Appellant was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Because the State had not obtained an indictment by the next term of court, Appellant filed an application for writ of habeas corpus to have the case dismissed. See…