Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Rawlins

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 11, 1953No. 26352PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas prison system, seeks his discharge by writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was not represented by counsel when he waived a jury and plead guilty before the district court of Nolan County.

It is stipulated by counsel for the state and the accused that on November 17, 1952, the relator entered his plea of guilty in cause No. 3038 before the district court of Nolan County, that he waived a jury and had no attorney to represent him, and that none was appointed. We further find in the record a statement by .the court confirming the above…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Ex Parte McCainCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Ex parte JohnsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
  3. Ex Parte KelleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  4. Ex Parte HigginbothamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Ex Parte RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

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