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EX PARTE RICHARDSON

No. 68998.

640 S.W.2d 294 (1982)

Ex parte Garvin RICHARDSON.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Heard, Longview, for appellant.

Rob Foster, Dist. Atty., Rodney S. Scott, Asst. Dist. Atty., Longview, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a petition for habeas corpus alleging that Garvin Richardson is being illegally confined in Gregg County jail as a result of an order of contempt for refusal to testify after being granted immunity, entered by Honorable Marcus Vascocu, Judge of the 188th District Court, on June 24, 1982.

The contempt order by the trial court can be broken down into two parts: (1) the punishment for contempt by a $500 fine and 72 hours...

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