Ex Parte Coots
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Prom Dallas County. Original habeas corpus proceeding asking release under cumulative sentence including the sentence of a former judgment of felony upon which the time for imprisonment in the penitentiary by the verdict of the jury had expired.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus.
The pertinent facts, upon which a discharge from custody is sought, show that relator was convicted of a felony and given a term of three years in the penitentiary by the verdict of the jury, upon which the court entered judgment. The jury also. at the same time gave him the benefit of a suspended sentence. Three years and a half later he was charged with another felony. Under this charge he was convicted, sentenced, and has served the term. When the court entered judgment upon the last verdict, he also…
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