EX PARTE SIMMONS

No. 24834.

229 S.W.2d 167 (1950)

Ex parte SIMMONS.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clegg & Clegg, Huntsville, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Judge.

Relator files his application for a writ of habeas corpus requesting his discharge upon a judgment in Cause No. 1823 in the District Court of Comal County, Texas, wherein he was convicted and assessed a term of confinement in the state penitentiary for life.

It appears from the judgment therein that the court decreed that relator should be confined in such penitentiary for life "and not less than two (2) years." However, it is shown that the...

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