Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Dancer

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1961No. 33578, 33595, 33596, 33607PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

These original habeas corpus proceedings are consolidated and will be considered together. They embrace ten separate acts of direct contempt by the relator. It is unnecessary to relate the details other than to state that they occurred in the presence of the court during a jury trial of a criminal case in the district court in which the relator, an attorney, represented the accused, and at the time the court ordered a change of venue after a mistrial was declared.

The record in Cause No. 33,578 in this Court, shows that the relator, Saturday, May 13, 1961 was adjudged guilty of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  2. Mayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Fouke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  2. Hogan Ex Rel. Murphy v. TurlandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968

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