Legal Opinion
D. Stephen Menzies v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1984No. 83-2365PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELEW, District Judge:
Petitioner, D. Stephen Menzies, appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his state conviction for aggravated rape and thirty-year prison sentence. The issue on appeal is whether Petitioner received a fair trial within the meaning of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment.
Background
In April, 1975, Petitioner was tried before a jury in the 177th District Court of Harris County, Texas, for the alleged offense of aggravated rape. The state’s case was based almost entirely on the testimony of the complainant, a cocktail…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Carter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Harris v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Arturo Longoria Ortega v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Gonzales v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
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