Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Breen
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 22, 1967No. 40884PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed October 27, 1967, and set for submission.
The facts set out in support or the allegation that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the Texas Department of Corrections and upon which he requests that, after hearing, this court order his release from his present confinement are:
“Petitioner is incarcerated as a result of a 1954 robbery conviction in the Criminal District Court of Tarrant County, Texas. Petitioner was an indigent defendant at the time and had made this fact known to the Court. After…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Norvell v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ex Parte PerezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- John J. Breen v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Ex Parte CampbellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Wynne v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1992
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