Legal Opinion
Darrell Windell Childs v. James A. Collins, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1993No. 91-1873PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Darrell Winded Childs appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s denial of Childs’s petition.
I
On August 18, 1988, Childs was convicted in a Texas court on charges of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment. Childs did not timely file a notice of appeal of that conviction.
Some three months after his conviction, Childs filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the state trial court, alleging ineffective assistance of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Maggio v. FulfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Arthur Lee Norris v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Ronnie GipsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Bradley Register v. Rick Thaler, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
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