Legal Opinion
Robert Charles Jones v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1980No. 79-3000PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for habeas corpus relief from a conviction and sentence imposed on Robert Jones by the Texas state courts.
In 1973 Jones was convicted of robbery by assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment under the Texas habitual offender statute. Tex. Penal Code Ann. art. 63 (1962) (repealed and recodified as Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(d)). His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in an unpublished per curiam opinion. Jones’ subsequent application for state…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by33 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
- Willie Fred Baty v. Charles R. Balkcom, Warden, the Attorney General of the State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Rogers v. LynaughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Blake v. ZantDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1981
- Paul Eugene Owens v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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