Legal Opinion
Harris v. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1953No. 14445PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
The appellant is confined in the Texas State Penitentiary under a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Tarrant County Criminal District Court of Fort Worth, Texas on June 8, 1946. Upon a charge of passing a forged instrument and in violation of the Habitual Criminal Act of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. arts 61 to 64, he was tried and found guilty by a jury in that court on June 3, 1946.
After having unsuccessfully challenged the legality of his detention by habeas corpus proceedings in the courts of the State of Texas and having been denied certiorari by the Supreme…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ex Parte FarrellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
- Brite v. People of State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Charles Henry Stewart v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Gordon v. WillisDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- Lawrence Lee Buxton v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Thomas A. Barefoot v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Roy Ramsey v. Tracy A. Hand, Warden, Kansas State Pentitentiary, Lansing, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
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