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EX PARTE CURTIS

No. 59108.

568 S.W.2d 363 (1978)

Ex parte Thomas A. CURTIS.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

July 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Selden B. Hale, Walter P. Wolfram and Russell C. Busby, Amarillo, David B. Sheppard, Austin, for Thomas A. Curtis.

Wayne P. Sturdivant and Marvin W. Jones, Amarillo, for Judge Poff.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

On July 11, 1978, relator was found guilty of criminal contempt of the 47th District Court of Potter County and sentenced to serve three days in jail. He then filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court. The writ is properly before us as an original writ of habeas corpus, and we will entertain it as such.1

Relator is the district attorney for the 47th Judicial District. On...

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