Legal Opinion
James Albert Jones v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1978No. 77-2557PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner James Albert Jones seeks ha-beas corpus relief from confinement resulting from his Texas state court conviction following a plea of guilty to a charge of murder with malice. On appeal Jones advances several contentions that merit our attention. He attacks the guilty plea on two fronts; he complains that it was coerced and that it was the result of a broken plea bargain. He also complains of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The district court denied relief after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm the district court’s denial of the writ.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Leon Ross, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. CaporaleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Natividad Ocanas, Santiago Casiano, Jr., Ramiro Gonzalez Alvarado, Rogelio Jose De La Garza and Amadeo Uresti GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. CothranCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
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