Legal Opinion
Sellars v. Estelle
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 17, 1978No. Civ. A. H-77-1481PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION
COWAN, District Judge.
On the 3rd and 4th days of May, 1978, this Court heard additional evidence offered by Respondents in connection with Petitioner’s Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Respondents introduced the testimony of J. E. Hodges, Judge Sam Robertson, Donald I. Baker, and considerable documentary evidence including the transcript of the habeas corpus proceeding previously held before Judge Ross N. Sterling, the transcript of the trial of the State of Texas v. Calvin Sellars, and the transcript of a previous habeas'corpus proceeding before Judge…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Rowland Chester ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rubin Carter and John Artis v. John J. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- United States Ex Rel. Taylor v. RedmanDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1980
- Calvin Sellars v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979