Legal Opinion
Jesse Luna v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1968No. 23813_1PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
The facts of this habeas corpus case now before the court en banc* are fully and succinctly stated in this court’s opinion on original hearing.1 For convenience, they are reproduced here:
Luna was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas, of the offense of selling heroin and was sentenced to imprisonment for 25 years. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.1 As
shown in the opinion of that court, the sale of the narcotic drug was alleged to have been made to John William Gober, an ex-convict. That opinion…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Herman Jackson, Jr. v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Blackmon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Blake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- William L. Calley, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, Etc., Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Newton Wilkerson Anderson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Hauptmann v. WilentzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
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