Legal Opinion
Sandoval v. Felix Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1972No. 71-1547PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding wherein Sandoval, a state prisoner, brought an action against Rodriguez, the Warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary. Sandoval was at the time serving a life sentence in the New Mexico State Penitentiary for the crime of burglary, the sentence having been imposed under the state’s habitual criminal statute.
More specifically, Sandoval was convicted by a jury of burglary on January 21, 1965. Under the New Mexico habitual criminal statute he was then charged by separate information with having suffered three prior felony…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jerry Wayne Smith v. Robert Atkins, Warden, and the Attorney General for the State of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Hopkins v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Gist v. State of OklahomaDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- Pierce v. State of Okl.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1977
- Sander v. State of OhioDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1973
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