Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Lynaugh
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided September 21, 1988No. EP-84-CA-335PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
HUDSPETH, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Leon Sanders was convicted of murder in the 171st District Court of El Paso County, Texas, on June 3, 1981. The jury assessed punishment at fifty years imprisonment in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in an unpublished opinion, and the Court of Criminal Appeals denied the petition for discretionary review. The Petitioner then sought habeas corpus relief in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Frederick Kirkpatrick, Etc. v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Lucien Jules Guidroz v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Richard Case Nagell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. William August Halm WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Rudd v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996
- Sanders v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1989
- Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Clemons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2004