Ex Parte Martinez

386 S.W.2d 280 (1964)

Ex parte Mike MARTINEZ.

No. 37611.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 16, 1964.

Mike Martinez, pro se.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

McDONALD, Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate of the state penitentiary, brings this application for writ of habeas corpus in his own handwriting. When petitioner's conviction reached this Court on appeal, the writer shared the view of the majority and affirmed the case, from which position he has not departed. It is my view that the Juvenile Act and all hearings thereunder are civil and not criminal in nature. It…