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Wilson v. Bowman

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 29, 1964No. A-10233PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in which William Franklin Wilson, relator, seeks a writ of mandamus directing Honorable L. L. Bowman, Jr., Judge of the 8th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, respondent, to grant him a speedy trial. On April 7 of this year the Hunt County Grand Jury returned Indictments Nos. 9507, 9508 and 9509, charging relator with three offenses of rape alleged to have been committed about two weeks before. Relator was promptly arrested and has been confined in jail since his arrest. He is unable to make bond.

The 8th Judicial District is composed of four…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Moreau v. Bond. Dist., JudgeTexas Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. In Re ReeceTexas Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Pope v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Jody Parks Brown v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. Chapman v. EvansCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. State Ex Rel. Vance v. RouttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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