Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Scelles
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 10, 1974No. 43976PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
Petitioner filed this post-conviction ha-beas corpus application in the convicting court under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.
The convicting court denied the pro se petition without a hearing, stating in its Order that the application did not “state facts which, if believed, would entitle him to relief.”
The record before us reflects that on September 21, 1961, a two count indictment in Cause No. 93054 was returned against the petitioner. The first count thereof charged possession of a narcotic drug, morphine, on or about the 16th day of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Duckett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Scelles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Landers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ex Parte PrestonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Ex Parte JewelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ex Parte McAfeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
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