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Ex Parte Starnes

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 6, 1960
31840
Reporters:
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Before:
Morrison
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Criminal District Court No. ‍​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍2 of Harris County remanding relator to the custody of the sheriff of said county for delivery to an agent for the State of Louisiana.

The respondent introduced the executive warrant ‍​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍of the Governor of this State and *174 rested. Appellant offered no evidence. Appellant’s contention that it was incumbent upon respondent to go further and introduce the papers which support the demand ‍​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍and establish the identity of appellant cannot be sustained in view of the holdings of this Court in Ex parte Hoover, 164 Tex. Cr.R. 251, 298 S.W.2d 579, and Ex parte ‍​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍Kaufman, Tex.Cr.App., 323 S.W.2d 48, and cases there cited.

Ex parte Ryan, Tex.Cr.App., 327 S.W.2d 596, can have no application here because in that case relator made an issue as to his identity ‍​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍and the State did not meet such issue.

Finding no reversible error, the judgment is affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Ex Parte Starnes
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Apr 6, 1960
Citations: 334 S.W.2d 173; 169 Tex. Crim. 349; 1960 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2936; 31840
Docket Number: 31840
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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