Legal Opinion

Ex parte Forgason

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 28, 1978No. 56715PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VOLLERS, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Art. 11.07, V.A.C. C.P.

Petitioner was convicted of the offense of robbery by a firearm, on his plea of guilty to the court in Cause number 2022-B in the District Court of Randall County, and was sentenced to a fifty (50) year term of imprisonment on January 25,1972. No appeal was perfected.

Petitioner filed his application for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court, contending that the indictment upon which he was tried was fatally defective since it failed to allege or describe the property taken. The…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CannonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Standley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Bouie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Lucero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte LucasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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