Legal Opinion
Max Wayne Hart v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1981No. 80-1079PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
The State of Texas appeals District Court’s grant of § 2255 relief to petitioner, Max Wayne Hart. The State alleges (i) Hart failed to exhaust his State post-conviction relief remedies and (ii) District Court’s finding Hart was incompetent at the time he entered his guilty plea was clearly erroneous.
Hart was originally tried for two felony offenses of theft by check in state district court on June 3, 1976. The state trial court accepted Hart’s pleas of guilty, sentenced him to six years imprisonment, but probated the sentence. Probation was revoked, however, on August 27, 1976, on the State’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Roosevelt Lonzo Knoxson v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- De Leon v. EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
3Cited by18 opinions
- Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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- Perry James Brown v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Thomas Corry Joyner, Jr. v. John C. King, Secretary of La. Dept. Of Corrections, and Frank J. Blackburn, Warden, La. State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Rodney K. Burns v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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