Legal Opinion
Hollis Earl Woods v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1977No. 76-2122PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Hollis Earl Woods was sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction in Texas state court for robbery. He filed a petition for habeas corpus which was granted by the féderal District Court. We reverse.
The lower court’s grant of habeas was based on the admission of certain extraneous evidence which it held to be highly prejudicial. The testimony at trial revealed the following sequence of events. On June 16, 1970, Henry Tutt, the complaining witness, was robbed in his apartment. He identified the defendant as one of three robbers, two men and one woman. Tutt testified that Woods and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Frank Hills v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Larry K. Barnard v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Charles Donald Murphy v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Harry J. Manning v. Jimmy H. Rose, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Leon Brent v. Wingate White, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Oscar Brown Boykins, Jr. v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Tolbert Dickson v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Johnny Lee Cronnon v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Charles Thomas Corn, Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Jackson Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Glenn S. Passman v. Frank Blackburn, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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