Legal Opinion
Charles William Bass v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1983No. 82-2341PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
In 1979 Appellant Bass murdered a uniformed police officer who, having caught Bass red-handed with loot from a bar robbery that he had just committed, was attempting to apprehend him. His state conviction and death sentence were confirmed on direct appeal. Bass v. State, 622 S.W.2d 101 (Tex.Cr.App.1981), cert. denied - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 2046, 72 L.Ed.2d 491 (1982). Bass then exhausted state habeas remedies as to the points presented here, his application for the writ being dismissed without hearing. His petition to the court below suffered the same fate, and he appeals to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by22 opinions
- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
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