Court Opinion

ID: 9777236
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:03:29.884938+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:50.550626
License: Public Domain

on relator’s motion for rehearing
WOODLEY, Judge.
Relator urges that we should declare the punishment of life imprisonment to be excessive because one of the prior convictions was not available to the state for enhancement purposes, and therefore he should not be required to serve more than the punishment applicable under Art. 62 P.C. for a second conviction for a non-capital felony of like character, which is 10 years.
This court is not authorized to enter a declaratory judgment. In cases of this character our duty is confined to a determination of whether the restraint and imprisonment is illegal.
The decision in this case will in no way prejudice relator’s right to again apply for release when he has credit for ten years on his sentence.
Relator’s motion for rehearing is overruled.