Willie Earl Clark v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Willie Earl Clark is serving a life sentence under a Texas state court burglary conviction. Clark now collaterally attacks, by an application for writ of habeas corpus, the state court conviction, alleging that he was insane at the time of the offense and at the time of his state court trial, and asserting that such insanity renders the state court judgment void. The district court denied the habeas petition on the ground that Clark’s allegations failed to show he had been deprived of any constitutional right.1 We hold that under the special circumstances of…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Sanders v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
- Bobby Gene Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Jonathan Gregori v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Robert Vernon Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Michael A. S. MakrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Anthony George Battle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
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