Legal Opinion
Archie W. Willeford v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1976No. 75-2001PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Archie Willeford, held in the custody of the Texas Prison System, after exhausting state post conviction remedies brought this petition in the district court below, seeking federal habeas corpus relief under Title 28, U.S.C., Section 2241 et seq. The district court denied the petition without an evidentiary hearing and without appointing counsel for Willeford. We granted appellant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and appointed appellate counsel for him.
Willeford was tried and convicted on April 16, 1969, in a Texas state court for possession of heroin in violation of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Rose v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Michael R. Branan v. William E. Booth, and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Ramiro Mendiola v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Abraham Wallace v. R v. Turner, Superintendent, Glades Correction Institute, and the Attorney General of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Henry C. Haggard v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Bobby Ray Allen v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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