Ex parte Alcorta
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
BELCHER, Commissioner.
This is an appeal from an order denying application for bail, appellant being under indictment for the murder of his wife, a prior conviction with the death penalty assessed having been affirmed by this court in Alcorta v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 294 S.W.2d 112. But said conviction was thereafter set aside under the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Alcorta v. State of Texas, 355 U.S. 28, 78 S.Ct. 103, 2 L.Ed.2d 9, and remanded to the trial court in Alcorta v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 308 S.W.2d 519.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Alcorta v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Alcorta v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Alcorta v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957