Legal Opinion
William Thompson, Jr. v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1981No. 80-1329PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
William Sonny Thompson, Jr., appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. Thompson was convicted of murder with malice and is presently serving a life sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections. He urges that evidence of four prior uncounselled convictions was improperly admitted at the punishment stage of his state court trial and that its admission adversely influenced the jury’s assessment of his punishment. We affirm the denial of habeas corpus, holding that the admission of two of the prior convictions was not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Thomas Allen Moran v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- James E. Davis v. Harry L. Allsbrooks, Warden of the Northhampton Co. Prison State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- United States ex rel. Caruso v. ZelinskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Charles Thomas Corn, Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Jackson Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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