Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Greenwood

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 4, 1957No. 29469PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant sought relief by habeas corpus before Hon. Wendell A. Odom, Judge of County Court at Law No. 3 of Harris County, contending that his confinement in jail following some eleven convictions in the corporation court of Houston was illegal. The writ was granted and hearing denied. This is an appeal from the order remanding him to the custody of the chief of police of Houston.

The sole question raised which we are called upon to answer is whether or not prosecution in the corporation court upon a sworn complaint alone, without an information having been filed, would be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mills v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  2. Kneedler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  3. Ex Parte NitscheCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Wilkes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  5. Ex Parte Traugott JankCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Vallejo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  2. State v. BosemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Bailey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Christopher Leverson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015

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