Legal Opinion
Felder v. Estelle
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 24, 1984No. Civ. A. H-80-1220PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:
STERLING, District Judge.
Petitioner is under a death sentence rendered by a jury in the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas. Petitioner’s original application for writ of habeas corpus was amended in September of 1981 to allege three additional, unexhausted grounds for relief, and Petitioner moved for dismissal of the petition without prejudice in order to pursue his new grounds for relief in the state courts. This Court accepted the rec ommendation of the United States Magistrate that the application for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed without prejudice. The…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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