Legal Opinion
Arthur E. Stepp v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1968No. 24816PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Habeas corpus petitioner, Stepp, is presently serving shorter State of Texas concurrent sentences 1 which the district court and we found to be valid. Hence, the district judge and this court declined to consider Stepp’s attack on a concurrent life sentence 2 which was imposed upon him after a conviction for robbery by firearms in Denton County, Texas, in December, 1961, under the authority of McNally v. Hill, 293 U.S. 131, 55 S.Ct. 24, 79 L.Ed. 238 (1934), and upon the basis that the Great Writ was not available to “one who is properly in custody under a sentence other than the one…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The State of Texas and Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Melvin Alexander PaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- William Napoleon Boyer v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ben Herbert Phelper v. Bill Decker, Sheriff of Dallas County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ex Parte AlegriaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Emmitt Monroe Spencer v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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