Legal Opinion
Anthony Martin Zilka v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1976No. 75--1959PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This case raises the question of whether constitutional error committed in permitting the prosecution to expose two counselless felony convictions during cross-examination of a state defendant can be cured by application of the harmless error rule so that the state conviction can withstand constitutional attack in a habeas corpus proceeding, and if so, whether the state trial record supports the district court’s determination that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We conclude that this constitutional infirmity can and did amount only to harmless error and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Marion Mason v. Charles Balcom, Superintendent, Montgomery Correctional Institution,respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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- Alfred Eugene Grizzell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Bobby Gene CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. James Stanley BentleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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