Legal Opinion
Otis Loper v. O. B. Ellis, General Manager, Texas Prison System
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1955No. 15299_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
Appellant, charged with the rape of his stepdaughter, was convicted November 17, 1947, in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, and given a sentence of fifty years. He did not appeal from the judgment of conviction. Later, he sought relief with a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of Houston County, Texas. Upon a hearing, the judge of that court remanded petitioner to the custody of the prison authorities. 1 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment refusing discharge on the writ, and held, inter alia, that the judgment of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- House v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Harris v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Baker v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Paul L. Fitzsimmons v. Howard Yeager, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at trenton,n.j. And the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Gordon v. WillisDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- Frank Delano Gay, Oliver Townsend and Willie Olen Scott v. Marcell Graham, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Otis Loper v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Henry Lewis Montgomery v. E. B. Caldwell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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