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165 Tex. Crim. 49

Ex parte Knox

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1957-06-12

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1961

3 state decisions

Relies on 163 Tex. Crim. 283 - Ex Parte Hamilton · Ex parte King · Ex Parte Hodge

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Decided 1957-06-12

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MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

¶1This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by relator seeking his release from the Texas Prison System.

¶2On February 5, 1951, relator plead guilty in the district court of Anderson County in causes numbered 15,097, 15,098, 15,099, and 15,100 to indictments charging felonies. A term of two years was assessed in each case, and each was properly cumulated so as to require the relator to serve eight years.

¶3On May 7, 1951, the relator plead guilty to cause No. 6909 in the district court of .Cherokee County to a felony, and his punishment assessed at two years. The sentence was properly cumulated with cause No. 15,100 from Anderson County so as to require the relator to serve 10 years.

¶4In additiqn to the above, on February 26,. 1951, the relator plead guilty in cause No. 2523. in the district court of Newton County to a felony and was sentenced to 7 years. No effort was made to cumulate this sentence with any other sentence.

¶5On March 9, 1951, the relator plead guilty in causes numbered 17,995 and 17,956 in the district court of Jefferson County to indictments charging felonies and was sentenced to serve seven years in each cause. No effort was made to cumulate these sentences with each other or with any other sentence.

¶6On March 21, 1951, the relator plead guilty in cause No. 14,918 in the district court of Smith County to a felony and *50was sentenced to serve five years. No effort was made to cumulate this sentence with any other sentence.

¶7Relator does not question the validity of any of the prior sentences since he has served all of them.

¶8He does, however, question the efficacy of an order of cumulation from the district court of Panola County.

¶9On May 25, 1951, in cause No. 11,496, in the district court of Panola County, the relator plead guilty to a felony and was sentenced to three years. The order of cumulation in such sentence reads as follows:

¶10“It is further ordered that this sentence shall run cumulative with any and all other judgments and sentences wherein the defendant has been convicted of a felony, and is not to run concurrently with any conviction, judgment or sentence against him but shall be cumulative with all others.”

¶11In Ex parte Hodge, 158 Texas Cr. Rep. 549, 258 S.W. 2d 323, we held that the following order was ineffective as an order of cumulation, to-wit:

¶12“It is further ordered by the court that this sentence shall not run concurrent to any other sentence or sentences against this defendant.”

¶13To the same effect is the holding of this Court in Ex parte King, 158 Texas Cr. Rep. 650, 259 S.W. 2d 193.

¶14In Ex parte Hamilton, 163 Texas Cr. Rep. 283, 290 S.W. 2d 673, we took great pains to spell out to the trial courts the four recommended elements that should be contained in a valid order of cumulation. See also' Willson’s Criminal Forms, 6th Ed., sec. 2932.

¶15The writ of habeas corpus is granted, and the relator is ordered discharged. .

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