EX PARTE PUCKETT

No. 27380.

274 S.W.2d 696 (1954)

Ex parte Preston Alvin PUCKETT.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Relator is serving a sentence of life imprisonment in this state as an habitual criminal.

By application for the writ of habeas corpus to this court, he seeks his outright discharge from such custody or, in the alternative, an amelioration of his punishment.

The grounds for relief prayed for, as stated in the application, seek to have this court review and determine the correctness of the trial court's ruling in holding sufficient...

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