Legal Opinion
Wesley Trahan v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Dept. Of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1977No. 75-2805PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
Wesley Trahan was born in Houston, Texas, August 13, 1952. Evidence in the possession of Texas authorities indicated that on December 28,1968, Trahan committed five felonies.1 One of these was a particularly loathsome rape, in which Trahan and three male companions repeatedly raped Mary Jo Fregia until the seat of the vehicle they had forcibly entered was covered with blood and the victim’s blood ran down into her socks. The record reveals that prior to the disposition of Trahan’s case two of the participants, Lawrence Arceneaux and Carlo Melanson, pleaded guilty to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- William Lee v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Childress v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Ruben Garza CoronadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Billy GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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