Westcott v. State

OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court’s denial of relief sought pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, who is being held without bond under the authority of Art. 1, § lla(2) of the Texas Constitution. Since the same district judge who denied the habeas corpus relief ordered appellant held without bail, we will consider this matter as if this were a direct appeal as contemplated by § 11a, supra.

A relevant chronology of events leading up to this appeal is as follows:

On September 28, 1982, appellant was arrested for aggravated assault, posted bond and was…