Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Powers
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 29, 1972No. 45450PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
This application for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed on May 3, 1972, for the reason that both the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas had retained jurisdiction of this case, holding it in abeyance in habeas corpus matters pending before them. This court declined to consider the petitioner’s application so long as those courts retained jurisdiction.
Appropriate orders have now been entered by both the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Stephenson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Hill v. PirtleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- In Re: WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Gary Graham, Now Known as Shaka Sankofa v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Mathis v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
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