· 9/19/1984
Ex Parte Ormsby
Citations
- 676 S.W.2d 130
- 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 728
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “mootness cannot prohibit a collateral attack [by habeas] if prior discharged convictions may have collateral consequences to a criminal defendant”
- removing restraint created by invalid conviction by ordering the habeas applicant “released from every manner of restraint in his personal liberty as a consequence of that conviction”
- removing restraint created by invalid conviction by ordering the habeas applicant “released from every manner of restraint in his personal liberty as a consequence of that conviction”
- in an adult case, “applicant’s habeas claim is not rendered moot by the discharge of his probated sentence”
- considering collateral consequences of an invalid conviction
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Judges: Miller
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