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Ex Parte Berwick

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 10, 1930
33 S.W.2d 444 (Tex. Crim. App. 1930)

Opinion

No. 14090.

Delivered December 10, 1930.

Habeas Corpus.

Where the case in which relator was convicted and given a death sentence was reversed on account of the admission of improper testimony upon habeas corpus hearing, the relator was properly denied bail and remanded to the custody of the sheriff.

Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson County. Tried below before the Hon. R. L. Murray, Judge.

Habeas corpus upon application by Luther Berwick to be admitted to bail and released from custody. Appeal from an order refusing bail and remanding prison to custody of sheriff.

Affirmed.

Howth, Adams Hart, E. B. Lawson, and J. W. Williams, all of Beaumont, for appellant.

Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


Appellant was indicted for murder. Upon a habeas corpus hearing he was refused bail and remanded to the custody of the sheriff, from which order he has appealed to this court.

The facts heard by the trial court were identical with those upon which appellant has heretofore been convicted and given the death penalty. See Berwick v. State, 116 Tex. Crim. 508, 31 S.W.2d 655. This court reversed the judgment of the trial court because of the erroneous admission of testimony, and not by reason of insufficient evidence. Thereafter, appellant attempted to secure bail, but made no further showing than as stated above. The opinion is expressed that the trial judge was warranted in refusing bail and remanding appellant to the custody of the sheriff. Ex parte Hazzard, 112 Tex. Crim. 449, 16 S.W.2d 1117.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Berwick

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 10, 1930
33 S.W.2d 444 (Tex. Crim. App. 1930)
Case details for

Ex Parte Berwick

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE LUTHER BERWICK

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 10, 1930

Citations

33 S.W.2d 444 (Tex. Crim. App. 1930)
33 S.W.2d 444