Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Meadows

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 19, 1967No. 40314PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

OPINION

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the petitioner, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, attacks the sentence under which he is so confined.

The application is prison drawn and the petitioner is not represented by counsel.

The conviction is for robbery with punishment assessed by a jury at 50 years. Trial was in the 88th District Court of Tyler County on a plea of guilty before a jury on March 24, 1959.

The sole ground upon which petitioner seeks release from further confinement under the 5 to 50 years sentence is “that counsel was appointed…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  2. Ex Parte GudelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Ex Parte CooperCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  4. Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Spalding v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BagleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Hathorne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Steward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Ex Parte TaylorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Ex Parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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