Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. Estelle

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided September 21, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 73-H-542Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SINGLETON, District Judge.

Petitioner was indicted in Harris County, Texas, upon a charge of robbery by assault. After a one-day trial, a jury found him guilty as charged. Upon a factual finding that the petitioner had before been convicted of a felony of like nature, his punishment was set pursuant to the Texas recidivist statute at life.1 The conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Hawkins v. State, 424 S.W.2d 907 (Tex.Cr.App., 1968). His state remedies exhausted, petitioner filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in this court pursuant to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
Gonzales v. Beto, Corrections DirectorSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
Debs Crawford v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967

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