Legal Opinion

Williams v. Estelle

District Court, N.D. Texas

Decided July 9, 1976No. Civ. A. CA 4-76-174PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

MAHON, District Judge.

This is an action on a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, For a Stay of Sentence, and For Bail, filed by Petitioner on 17 June 1976. Respondent Lon Evans has moved to dismiss. 1 Respondent’s motion came on for oral argument before the Court on 25 June 1976. After careful consideration, the Court is of the opinion that Respondent’s motion should be granted.

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On a motion to dismiss, the Court accepts Petitioner’s factual allegations as if they had been proven true. Petitioner alleges the following factual background to his arrest and plea…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  3. Helms v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. United States ex rel. Caban v. RoweDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
  2. Ewing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Ewing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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