Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Port
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 25, 1984No. 69306PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The Court granted leave to file this original application for writ of habeas corpus in order to determine whether applicants are being illegally restrained in their liberty on account of their respective refusals to answer certain questions propounded before a grand jury. See Article 20.15, V.A.C.C.P.
FACTS
On June 8, 1984, seventeen year old David Isador Port was arrested and on the following day in Cause No. 404,955 he was charged by complaint with the offense of murder. Specifically that complaint alleged that in Harris County on or about June 7, 1984, Port did
“intentionally and…
3Cases cited17 opinions
- Garcia v. DialCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Tarpley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Quarles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Ex Parte MoorehouseCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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4Cited by25 opinions
- Ex Parte EdoneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Bernard and Odette Port v. Jack Heard, Sheriff of Harris County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Stern v. State Ex Rel. AnselCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Euresti v. Valdez, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
- Ex Parte DobbsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
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