Legal Opinion
Robert O. McDonnell v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 80-1728PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
On December 5, 1947, Robert O. McDonnell pleaded guilty to five counts of robbery by assault and was sentenced to fifty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. He was released on parole in 1964. His parole was revoked in 1971 after his conviction in an unrelated case. At present, McDonnell is incarcerated in the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Texas has issued a detainer on McDonnell which requires him to return to the Department of Corrections to serve the remainder of his fifty year sentence after he is released from Leavenworth.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Michael A. Mayola v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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