Ex Parte Spaulding

612 S.W.2d 509 (1981)

Ex parte William E. SPAULDING, III, Appellant.

No. 66005.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 11, 1981.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Petitioner seeks habeas corpus relief from the trial court's order refusing to set bond pending appeal. On August 31, 1979, petitioner was found guilty by a jury of aggravated rape and punishment was assessed at fifteen years. In denying bail on appeal, the trial court entered an order which recites that based upon the evidence presented during the trial…