Legal Opinion
Bullard v. Estelle
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided September 26, 1980No. CA-3-78-0442-GPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner seeks relief from a conviction for felony theft, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, and resultant life sentence. Petitioner was convicted by a jury, but elected to have the court pass sentence. His conviction was affirmed on appeal, but the life sentence assessed against him was vacated due to insufficiency of the evidence to show that petitioner was the defendant who was convicted in one of the two prior convictions introduced in the punishment phase of his trial.…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Charles Edwin Bullard v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- James Leggins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Ex Parte BullardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Charles Edwin Bullard v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Petrucelli v. SmithDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1982
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