ORIGINAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS OR, IN THE ...

TABLE OF CONTENTSIDENTIFICATION OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iSTATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................3STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION ....................................4ISSUES PRESENTED ..............................................5STATEMENT OF FACTS ...........................................5ARGUMENT......................................................9JUDGE HOLLAND’S INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICTATTORNEY O’CONNELL CONSTITUTIONALLY DISQUALIFIED HERFROM PRESIDING OVER MR. HOOD’S TRIAL AND DEPRIVED HIM OFHIS RIGHT TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A. TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91. Judge Holland had a personal and direct interest in theoutcome of Mr. Hood’s case...............................102. Public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary isseverely eroded by an extended intimate relationshipbetween a judge and an elected district attorney trying acase in her courtroom ....................................12B. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17C. DISQUALIFICATION SURVIVES SILENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19PRAYER FOR RELIEF ............................................21-ii-