Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Parsons
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 22, 1964No. 36635PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRISON, Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, alleges that the conviction by virtue of which he is confined is void because he requested that counsel be appointed to represent him, that such request was denied and that since he was-indigent, he was forced to trial without the services of an attorney, the result of which his punishment was assessed at life-imprisonment, as an habitual criminal.
Petitioner’s appeal (Parsons v. State, 153 Tex.Cr.R. 157, 218 S.W.2d 202) was affirmed and his prior applications for writs of habeas corpus have been denied upon the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Parsons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Ex Parte HopeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ex Parte DavisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Whittington v. GaitherDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1967
- Ex parte LeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Bridges v. BetoDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1965