Legal Opinion
Baker v. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1952No. 13739_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The District Court declined either to award the writ of habeas corpus or to enter a show cause order, but the Judge did issue the certificate of probable cause made necessary for this appeal by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253. It cannot be doubted that the judgment is such a final judicial determination of the case as is reviewable here on appeal. 1
Petitioner was convicted of two separate' offenses of burglary in the 54th District Court of McClennan County, Texas, and was sentenced to confinement in the Texas State Penitentiary for not less than two nor more than twelve years for each…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte QuirinSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Gordon v. WillisDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Fred J. Odell v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- United States of America Ex Rel. Silvio De Vita v. Lloyd W. McCorkle Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Otis Loper v. O. B. Ellis, General Manager, Texas Prison SystemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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