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Ex Parte Sanchez

Citations

  • 703 S.W.2d 955
  • 29 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 215
  • 1986 Tex. LEXIS 933

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  • recognizing that contempt proceedings are quasi‑criminal in nature and that the proceedings A should conform as nearly as practicable to those in criminal cases @
  • considering right to jury in contempt proceedings in which consecutive sentences might have run in total for more than six months
  • rejecting involuntary inability defense to contempt and stating “[w]hat is in dispute is whether Sanchez voluntarily put himself in a position where it would be impossible for him to comply with the court order”
  • when the trial court revokes probation of sentence for contempt, court may impose punishment no greater than was originally assessed
  • “It is because of our eagerness to guarantee that Sanchez’s rights of due process be protected and that he not be deprived of his liberty except by due course of law that we do not consider as waiver of this point that the motion for continuance was orally made and was un-sworn.”
  • A It is because of our eagerness to guarantee that Sanchez's rights of due process be protected and that he not be deprived of his liberty except by due course of law that we do not consider as waiver of this point that the motion for continuance was orally made and was unsworn. @

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Judges: Kilgarlin

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