Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Davis

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 10, 1952No. 26201PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

The relator, an inmate of the state penitentiary, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he is illegally confined in said penitentiary because of the following facts:

On October 2, 1950, the relator was convicted in the district court of Hutchinson County as a second offender under the driving while intoxicated clause and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Thereafter, on February 21, 1952, he was again convicted in the same court for driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated and fined the sum of $400.00, which was promptly paid.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Broyles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
  2. Ex parte CootsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Ex Parte CootsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Trevino v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  2. Ex Parte FennellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Ex Parte FennellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  4. Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1953

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