Legal Opinion
Robert Webster v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1974No. 74-2316PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
W. J. Estelle, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, appeals from the granting of habeas corpus to petitioner Robert Webster. Petitioner was convicted of theft in Texas in 1968. At his punishment hearing the state court applied the Texas Habitual Criminal Act 1 to set his sentence at life imprisonment. One of the offenses submitted to the court as a basis for enhancement of punishment was Webster’s conviction of robbery by assault on March 25, 1938. Webster’s sole contention in his habeas petition was that the 1968 sentence was unconstitutionally enhanced…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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