Middaugh v. State

In Middaugh v. State, 683 S.W.2d 713, 714 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985), the Court found that the habeas applicant had filed a perjurious application, including "obvious" forged documents. The Court stated that, in 1985, "there were 1797 writs of habeas corpus, mandamus and prohibition and other extraordinary matters filed in this Court." 683 S.W.2d at 714. The Court noted then that "all of these items are carefully scrutinized by an already over-burdened Court. The Court should not and will not tolerate the filing of such perjurious material." Id. In Middaugh, because it appeared that the applicant had violated this state's criminal statutes, by committing forgery and perjury, we directed the Clerk of our Court to forward a copy of our "abuse of the writ" order, together with the habeas application, to the prosecuting authority in the county in which that applicant signed his sworn affidavits. The Clerk was to advise the "prosecutor to take such action as he may deem appropriate." Id. at 715.