Legal Opinion
James Duke Creel v. Henry B. Keene, Chairman, Board of Pardons and Paroles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1991No. 90-8510PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In 1971, James Duke Creel was convicted of murder by a Texas state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his habe-as petition, arguing that Texas Parole Board’s 1990 decision to refuse him parole violated his fourteenth amendment right to due process. The district court rejected Creel’s contention on the ground that the Texas parole statute afforded Creel no constitutionally protected liberty interest; we agree and thus affirm.
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The circumstances surrounding Creel’s offense — set out in Creel v. State, 493 S.W.2d…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Creel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Samuel E. Williams v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- George Scales v. Mississippi State Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Johnson v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Orellana v. KyleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Madison v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Allison v. KyleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Teague v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
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