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423 S.W.2d 597

Ex parte Jackson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 7, 1968

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1968-02-07

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1971

3 state decisions

Relies on Steward v. State · Ex Parte Williams · Heard v. State

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Decided 1968-02-07

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¶1OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

¶2This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking the sentence pronounced in Cause No. 1844S in Criminal District Court of Jefferson County on March 21, 1952, in which the punishment for burglary of a private residence was enhanced under Art. 63 P.C., one of the prior convictions being in Cause No. 13472 in which petitioner was, on May 9, 1939, convicted in said court of the offense of burglary of a private residence.

¶3The judge of the court in which the convictions were had, after a hearing, found that petitioner was not represented by counsel in said Cause No. 13472; that he was indigent and too poor to employ counsel; that the right to counsel was not waived; that trial by jury was not waived and that there was no specific request that counsel be appointed.

¶4Upon such findings, the judge conducting the hearing correctly concluded that petitioner was entitled to relief. Ex parte Williams, Tex.Cr.App., 420 S.W.2d 931; Ex parte Stevenson, Tex.Cr.App., 422 S.W.2d 733, and cases cited.

¶5The trial judge correctly notes that the punishment for burglary of a private residence may not be enhanced under Art. 62 P.C. by reason of one prior conviction. Heard v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 416 S.W.2d 427, and cases cited.

¶6The petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted and it is ordered that petitioner be released from further confinement in the Department of Corrections and remanded to custody of the Sheriff of Jefferson County to answer indictment in Cause No. 18445 in Criminal District Court.

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