Legal Opinion
Robert Curry v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1975No. 74-3340PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Curry seeks habeas relief claiming that he was indicted by a grand jury which unconstitutionally excluded non-freeholders and that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when his death sentence was commuted by the governor to life imprisonment. The district court dismissed the complaint. We decline to reach Curry’s first contention, reject his second and reverse and remand.
Curry was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to death by the jury. His conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Curry v. State, Tex.Cr.App.1971, 468…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rose v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Murphy v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. HortonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Calvin Sellars v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Cervantes Salazar v. DretkeDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2005
- Arlice J. Huffman and John F. Burns v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976