Legal Opinion
Antonio Parra Pineda v. R. E. Bailey, Sheriff of El Paso County, Texas, and Dr. George Beto, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1965No. 21506PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCPIESON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, found guilty of murder with malice in a Texas court, was sentenced to a maximum of 43 years in the state penitentiary. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Pineda v. State, 367 S.W.2d 862 (Tex.Cr.App. 1963). Shortly after that affirmance Appellant complained that his constitutional right to assistance of counsel had been violated. He asserted this claim in a petition for writ of habeas corpus in a Texas District Court which denied him the relief. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the lower court’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Robert Louis Porter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Eddie Odom v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BernierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Robert William Bendelow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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