Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Sanchez
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1986No. C-4829PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIGINAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING
KILGARLIN, Justice.
Hector Sanchez, official court reporter for the 103rd Judicial District Court of Cameron County, was held in contempt by the Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Supreme Judicial District for failing to file, as ordered, a statement of facts in a cause on appeal in that court. His punishment was a $500 fine and thirty days in jail, and he was further ordered confined until he purged himself of contempt by completing and filing the statement of facts.
Sanchez has sought a writ of habeas corpus from this court, asserting four reasons why his…
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