Legal Opinion
Ronald Clyde Nelson v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1981No. 79-3817PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Third Time’s A Charm
Appellant, Texas Department of Corrections, appeals from the District Court’s granting of habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S. C.A. § 2254 to appellee, Ronald Clyde Nelson. Nelson was indicted on three counts for the sale of heroin and tried on a plea of not guilty in March of 1973. The state prosecution presented only two witnesses at trial — an undercover agent and a state chemist. In the course of the chemist’s testimony three narcotics lab submission reports — State’s exhibits nos. 13,14,15 — were offered into evidence and admitted, over the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Coulter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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3Cited by71 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Green v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Robert E. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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