Ex parte Tate
| Decision Date | 16 July 1969 |
| Docket Number | No. 42209,42209 |
| Citation | 445 S.W.2d 210 |
| Parties | Ex parte Preston A. TATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Peter S. Navarro, Jr., Houston, for appellant.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
OPINION
Petitioner is an inmate of the prison farm of the City of Houston by virtue of a capias growing out of six traffic court convictions with aggregate fines of $425.00.
We overrule appellant's contention that because he is too poor to pay the fines his imprisonment is unconstitutional. His status as an indigent does not render this petitioner immune from criminal prosecution.
The relief prayed for is denied.
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Antazo, In re
...v. Studt, Supra, 20 Ohio St.2d 95, 253 N.E.2d 749; Petition of Cole (1968) 17 Ohio App.2d 207, 245 N.E.2d 384; Ex parte Tate (Tex.Ct.Crim.App.1969) 445 S.W.2d 210, cert. granted June 29, 1970, sub nom. Tate v. Short, 399 U.S. 925, 90 S.Ct. 2257, 26 L.Ed.2d 792, 39 U.S.L.Week 3001. See gener......
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Ex parte Tate, 42209
...with directions to proceed in accordance with its opinion. See Tate v. Short, 401 U.S. 395, 91 S.Ct. 668, 28 L.Ed.2d 130, and Ex Parte Tate, 445 S.W.2d 210 for the previous opinions in this In this cause the United States Supreme Court said that Tate may not be imprisoned because he is too ......
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Tate v. Short
...the fine to imprisonment for those who are unable to pay it. Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235, pp. 2—6, 90 S.Ct. 2018, 26 L.Ed.2d 586. 445 S.W.2d 210, reversed and Norman Dorsen, New York City, for petitioner. Joseph G. Rollins, Houston, Tex., for respondent. Mr. Justice BRENNAN delivered......