Legal Opinion
Hardin v. Estelle
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 29, 1973No. MO-71-CA-101PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTLE, District Judge.
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
This habeas corpus case has been brought by the petitioner, Charles Edward Hardin, to obtain federal review of his state criminal trial. On September 22 and 23, 1969, he was tried and found guilty by a jury in Midland Texas of robbery by assault. He had previously been convicted of the same type of crime and because of this prior conviction he was assessed a sentence of life. 1
Thereafter, the petitioner appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals raising two grounds of error. First, he contended that he had been…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- United States v. Harry William Theriault, A/K/A Shiloh, Bishop of TellusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Glenn S. Passman v. Frank Blackburn, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- State v. CastroHawaii Supreme Court · 1988
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