Legal Opinion
Curtis Garrett v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1987No. 86-1233PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, the petitioner, Curtis Garrett, requests review of the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habe-as corpus. For the reasons set out below, we REVERSE the district court’s decision and GRANT petitioner the writ.
I. FACTS
On October 26, 1979 Curtis Garrett was convicted by a Texas jury of two counts of bribery. The convictions were affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District of Texas, 1 and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. 2
Garrett subsequently filed a state application for a writ of habeas corpus…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Noyd v. BondSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Benny Dale Alexander v. O.L. McCotter Director, of Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Charles Donald Murphy v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Chance v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McKay v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Evans v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Lockett v. PuckettDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1997
- Lockett v. PuckettDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1997
- Williams v. CollinsDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1992
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