Legal Opinion
Willis C. Kelley v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1975No. 75-2034PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Willis C. Kelley appeals from the district court’s denial of federal habeas corpus relief. After pleading not guilty at his trial in February, 1965, in the Harris County, Texas, Criminal District Court, Kelley was convicted of the nighttime robbery of a Houston gas station. The jury imposed a life sentence pursuant to the then existing version of the Texas habitual offender statute. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. art. 12.42 (1974), amending, Tex.Pen.Code Ann. art. 63. Appellant’s conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Kelley v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Roland Tyler v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Henry Deleiano Harris v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Lawrence Univester Hargrett v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director Florida Division of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. John James Gidley and Clayton Victor WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Joseph Fabian Gonzales, Jr. v. Walter T. Stone, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Bobby Ray Allen v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Gene Olwyn Meyer v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Lawrence Bloodworth v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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