Legal Opinion
Donnie L. Sloan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1983No. 82-2362PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of petitioner’s application for habeas corpus pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254 et seq., directed to respondent W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Sloan is in custody following four convictions on pleas of guilty to the offense of robbery with firearms, two in Grayson County and two in Collin County, Texas. He was sentenced to a total of fifty years on each charge, to run concurrently. Sentence was imposed on October 2, 1970.
Sloan was provided with court-appointed counsel upon request after confessing to the…
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- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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