Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 11.07 The Exclusive Post-Conviction Remedy in Texas

Date

1970

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Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Outlines the various post-conviction remedies available, as well as their development and application in Texas. The author suggests that further development of Texas’s post-conviction statutes are need by the legislature, otherwise Texas courts may be continue to legislate from the bench in an effort to seek finality over criminal convictions.

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Keywords

Post-conviction remedies, Texas Criminal Procedure, Writ of habeas corpus, Writ of error corum nobis, Motion to vacate, Nunc pro tunc appeal

Citation

2 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 45