EX PARTE MITCHELL

No. 59193.

571 S.W.2d 914 (1978)

Ex parte James Allen MITCHELL.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel 1.

October 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen Peters, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty. and Douglas M. O'Brien, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, for the State.

Before ODOM, VOLLERS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a post-conviction habeas corpus application. Petitioner was convicted in 1973 on pleas of guilty to four offenses committed in 1971. Punishment was assessed at five years each, and the sentences were cumulated. In two of the cases petitioner was convicted of knowing possession of forged instruments on August 18, 1971. Petitioner argues these two convictions violate the protection against double jeopardy as embodied in the carving...

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