Powell v. Hopper

Gunter, Justice.

This is an appeal from a habeas corpus judgment that remanded the appellant to custody. The only question raised in the application for a writ of habeas corpus and this appeal is whether the appellant was denied his right to appeal from his original conviction.

On March 26, 1973, appellant was convicted of murder in Bryan Superior Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Within two weeks of his conviction, while in the Liberty County Jail, he wrote to his court-appointed trial attorney. His letter stated: "I would like to see you as soon as I can. How about getting me another…