Legal Opinion
Dorrough v. Estelle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1974No. 73-1881PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Jerry Mack Dorrough attacks the constitutionality of article 44.-09, Vernon’s Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. Dorrough argues that he was denied equal protection of the laws when his direct appeal from a state felony conviction was dismissed upon his escape from confinement, and was not reinstated upon his subsequent recapture. Article 44.09 strips the Court of Criminal Appeals of jurisdiction in pending appeals by convicted felons who escape from custody, but provides for reinstatement…
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