Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 11, 2002No. 01-20736PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Per curiam
The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appeals the grant of habeas corpus relief to state prisoner Darrell Eugene Alexander under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Director complains that Alexander’s habeas corpus petition is time barred under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) or, alternatively, that any error in revoking his parole was harmless. Finding no reversible error we affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1986, Alexander was convicted of manufacturing a controlled substance and sentenced to sixty-five years imprisonment. In 1991, he was released on parole which was revoked by the Texas Board of Pardons and…
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