Ex Parte Muniz
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Justice.
Ramiro R. Muniz (Applicant) appeals from the trial court’s denial of his application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. He is being held in custody by the Sheriff of Harris County in lieu of $25,000 bail following indictment for the possession of cocaine, a named substance in penalty group one of the Controlled Substances Act. The Writ application attacked the validity of the indictment on the grounds that the title or caption of House Bill 730, which amended the Controlled Substances Act, was unconstitutionally vague, rendering the amendment invalid, and therefore the indictment…
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