Legal Opinion
James E. Bilton, Jr. v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1968No. 26456_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant seeks reversal of the district court’s order dismissing his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
Appellant is a Texas convict who was sentenced to serve four seven-year concurrent terms, having been convicted of four separate offenses of burglary and theft upon his plea of guilty. The sentences were to date from November 13, 1963. While appellant was awaiting to be taken into custody by agents of the Texas Department of Corrections, he was turned over to a U. S. Marshal which led to his incarceration in the Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. After serving his sentence,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jack Shields v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Eugene SykesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by18 opinions
- Ronald Clyde Nelson v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Thomas J. Piper, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Norman Holtzinger v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Jerry Mack Dorrough v. State of Texas, No. 30988 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5th Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York, 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, PartiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Lester Morris Pickens v. The State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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