Legal Opinion
Luciano Cedillo v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1968No. 25002_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief, after a plenary hearing in the District Court.
The appellant is confined by authority of a conviction of robbery by assault with two prior felony convictions proved for enhancement of sentence. He received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment as a third felonious offender on June 20, 1961. Upon direct appeal, which he prosecuted pro se, the judgment was affirmed. Cedillo v. State, 1962, 171 Tex.Cr.R. 532, 352 S.W.2d 736, cert. denied, 370 U.S. 958, 82 S.Ct. 1611, 8 L.Ed.2d 824.
The appellant has contended that he, an indigent…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Swenson v. BoslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida v. Clarence SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Aubrey Jake Merkel v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Greely Kallie v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Berriel v. WainwrightDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1968
- Cedillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Greely Kallie v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975