Legal Opinion
Joe Cisneros Gomez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1972No. 72-1671PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
Joe Cisneros Gomez, a prisoner of the State of Texas, has appealed from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. We reverse and remand.
The appellant is attacking a life sentence which he received in Criminal District Court No. 3 of Harris County, Texas. He was convicted upon trial by jury of burglary, with two prior felony convictions alleged for enhancement of sentence. The appellant received the mandatory recidivist life sentence on May 16, 1962. The judgment was affirmed on direct appeal. Gomez v. State, Tex. Cr.App.1963, 365 S.W.2d 176.
In the court below, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Adams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Connie Ray Caraway v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Thaddeus King, Jr. v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Rufus Chalk v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- State v. TokmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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