Legal Opinion
Vessels v. Estelle
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 18, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-H-364PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:
SEALS, District Judge.
This is a proceeding for the Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in Gray County, Texas in 1966, Cause No. 2108, for the offense of rape and was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Pursuant to previous conviction in Cause No. 1610, Court of Randall County, Texas, the Petitioner was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections while he appealed his conviction in Cause No. 2108. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction for rape in Cause No. 2108 and remanded for a new trial.
Following his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- United States v. ProutCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Mills v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- State v. WardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
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