Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Vestal
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 23, 1971No. 44238PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding under Art. 11.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and in accordance with Ex parte Young, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 824. The petitioner seeks his release from confinement in the Department of Corrections where he is serving a life sentence for theft enhanced under the provisions of Art. 63 of the Penal Code. The case was tried on January 19, 1962, and was not appealed.
A hearing was held before the Honorable M. C. Ledbetter, Judge of the 121st District Court of Cochran County and the writ was denied.
The petitioner alleges that his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- McConnell v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Crawford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Ex Parte BrownCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Rogelio Gutierrez v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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