Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Haley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 9, 1921No. 6118PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Dallas County. Original habeas corpus proceedings, asking release from the penitentiary, contending that the judgment of conviction was void because of a defective recognizance in change of venue proceedings. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

This is an effort by original habeas corpus here sued out, to release applicant from the penitentiary of this State in which he is confined by virtue of a judgment of conviction of murder in Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County. The cause in which applicant was convicted originated in Kaufman County and the venue was transferred by the district judge of that county to Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County. Prior to the time the case was called for 'trial in said last named court, affidavit of the insufficiency of the sureties on applicant’s recognizance was…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kincheloe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  2. Cantrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Kincheloe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  4. Phipps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Webb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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