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Ex Parte Newton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jun 9, 1926
No. 10316.
Reporters:
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Before:
Hawkins
HAWKINS, Judge.

Relator seeks a writ of habeas corpus upon the following ground: He avers that while an appeal was pending ‍​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍in this court from a conviction in a state court wherein he was condemned to imprisonment in the penitentiary *54 for one year, he was also convicted in the United States court upon a different charge and incarcerated in the Federal ‍​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍penitentiary for one year; that the same day his sentence in the latter conviction begun his case pending in this court was affirmed. That the sentences not being cumulative he served both at the same time, but that after ‍​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍he was liberated from the Federal penitentiary he was incarcerated in the state’ penitentiary. If the facts mentioned can be established relator’s case áppears to fall within the principle announced in Lawson v. State, 98 Tex. Crim. Rep. ‍​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍544, 266 S. W. 1101, but no facts are shown by certified copy of judgment or otherwise to support the averments. The writ must therefore be denied by this court. If relator desires to present the matter’ to a trial ‍​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍court where the facts may be determined, permission is hereby granted him to withdraw the papers‘filed in this court.

Writ denied.

Case Details

Case Name: Ex Parte Newton
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Jun 9, 1926
Citations: 284 S.W. 953; 105 Tex. Crim. 53; 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 395; No. 10316.
Docket Number: No. 10316.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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