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Ex Parte Williams

Citations

  • 65 S.W.3d 656
  • 2001 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 28
  • 2001 WL 356290

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  • holding that unlawful grant of probation did not entitle petitioner to habeas corpus relief after community supervision was revoked
  • holding that trial court’s order granting community supervision where defendant was statutorily ineligible for community supervision was not void or illegal
  • reasoning that speculative assertion that defendant “may” not have pleaded guilty did not show harm
  • reasoning that speculative assertion that defendant \may\ not have pleaded guilty did not show harm
  • noting that illegality of Williams’s probation “did not contribute to his conviction or punishment. Rather, it did just the opposite — detracted from his punishment by allowing him a suspended sentence when he was not entitled to one.”
  • attacking unlawful grant of community supervision by seeking habeas corpus relief after trial court revoked supervision

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Judges: Keasler, Keller, Johnson, Womack, Meyers, Price, Holland, Hervey, Holcomb

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