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446 S.W.2d 307

Ex parte Moorhead

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 5, 1969

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1969-11-05

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently September 1981

4 state decisions

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Decided 1969-11-05

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DOUGLAS, Judge.

¶1OPINION

¶2This is an appeal from an order denying application for bail, appellant being under indictment for capital offense murder of Robert S. Massey.

¶3In cases of this kind we refrain from discussion or comment upon the evidence.

¶4The correct rule is found in 1 Branch’s P.C.2d 285, Sec. 246:

“The rule is ‘all prisoners shall be bailable.’ The exception is ‘when the proof is evident’ not only that the accused is guilty, but that the jury will, if they properly enforce the law, probably assess capital punishment, this conclusion to be reached by the well-guarded and dispassionate judgment of the court or judge passing upon the question.”

¶5We have considered all the facts and circumstances and are unable to find that the trial court abused its discretion in reaching the conclusion that this is not a bailable case.

¶6The judgment is affirmed.

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