Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Estelle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1983No. Nos. 82-2441, 82-2442PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Wayne Faulk and M.R. Ferguson were convicted of riot by arson in violation of the Texas Anti-Riot Law, V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 42.02 (1974). They petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief, charging that the statute is invalid on its face for overbreadth and vagueness, and because it imposes vicarious criminal responsibility on a basis too attenuated to satisfy constitutional concepts of personal guilt. The district court sustained the statute in all of its aspects, against all of their challenges. We affirm its denial of the writ of habeas corpus.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Schwartzmiller v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Briggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
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