Legal Opinion
Dan Martin Bouchillon v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1980No. 80-1343PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
Dan Martin Bouchillon filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to invalidate his 1951 Texas conviction for six offenses of burglary and two of theft over $50.00. Petitioner was convicted of burglary in 1974 in Texas state court and sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal. In this habeas petition he attacks the 1951 convictions which were used for enhancement in 1974 and which may have other collateral consequences. 1 In the Texas state habeas action, petitioner alleged he was denied counsel at critical…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Michael J. Paprskar v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Robert Webster v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Robert Alton Harris v. R. Pulley, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Robert O. McDonnell v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Clyde DickersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Winford Earl BrownCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Larry Hill v. Leland Q. Linahan, Jr., Superintendent, Jack T. Rutledge Correctional Institution, Columbus, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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