Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Curtis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 19, 1978No. 59108PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
On July 11,1978, relator was found guilty of criminal contempt of the 47th District Court of Potter County and sentenced to serve three days in jail. He then filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court. The writ is properly before us as an original writ of habeas corpus, and we will entertain it as such.1
Relator is the district attorney for the 47th Judicial District. On March 9,1978, he was representing the State in a pre-trial hearing in the 47th District Court. The principal purpose of the hearing was to consider defensive motions to quash various…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- In Re McConnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- In Re LittleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re BellTexas Special Court of Review · 1995
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- Gibson, in ReCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Ex parte ReposaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Aldrich v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
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