EX PARTE SHORT

No. 29171.

303 S.W.2d 949 (1957)

Ex parte Barton A. SHORT, Original Application.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Shown, Houston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the Texas Prison System, seeks his release by writ of habeas corpus alleging that the sentence by virtue of which he is confined is void because he waived a jury and entered his plea of guilty to the capital offense of robbery with firearms. He supports his application with certified copy of the judgment which supports his contention.

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