Ex Parte Woods
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This proceeding involves a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Applicant Woods was convicted of capital murder and the death penalty was imposed. On appeal his conviction was affirmed. Woods v. State, 569 S.W.2d 901 (Tex.Cr.App.1978), cert. denied, 453 U.S. 913, 101 S.Ct. 3145, 69 L.Ed.2d 995.
Relying upon Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866, 68 L.Ed.2d 359 (1981), applicant Woods now claims his Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by the introduction of the testimony by a…
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2Cases cited33 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Billy George Hughes v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice,institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Woods v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Erasmo Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008
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