Legal Opinion
Selwyn Barry Gholson and Larry Joe Ross v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1982No. 79-3988PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
On March 5,1975, defendants/appellees— Selwyn Barry Gholson and Larry Joe Ross — were convicted of capital murder by a jury in Bell County, Texas. Both men were sentenced to death. Their convictions were affirmed and they exhausted their state remedies.
On April 21, 1978, they petitioned the federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus to set aside the death sentences and the district court stayed defendants’ executions. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming, in part, that the state trial court had improperly admitted testimony of the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Wiley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
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- Woods v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- People v. WhittCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
- Thorson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
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