Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Walling

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 8, 1980No. 66002PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an application for post-conviction writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. ■

On May 22,1979, petitioner was convicted following a plea of guilty of the offense of escape. Punishment was assessed at imprisonment for 8 years.

Petitioner now contends that his conviction is void because the indictment is fundamentally defective. The indictment, in pertinent part, alleges that petitioner

“unlawfully, willfully, intentionally, and knowingly escape[d] from his confinement in the Young County Law Enforcement Center, a penal institution, where he was in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Ex Parte McCurdyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Ex Parte AbbeyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. McWilliams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Ex parte CarrollCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Harvey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982

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