Legal Opinion
McKay v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1994No. 92-01283PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORMAN W. BLACK, District Judge:
These consolidated appeals follow rulings by district courts in Texas on petitions for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitions involved similar issues, yet resulted in different rulings. We REVERSE the district court’s ruling in the Williams, case 802 F.Supp. 1530, and AFFIRM the district court’s ruling in the McKay case.
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Defendant/Petitioner/Appellee Williams pled guilty to three separate indictments charging aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony, and to a fourth indictment charging escape from a penal…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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