Legal Opinion
Rummel v. Estelle
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided October 3, 1980No. SA-76-CA-20PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
SUTTLE, District Judge.
William James Rummel is serving a life sentence on his state court conviction of theft by false pretext of a $120.75 check. Two prior convictions were alleged in the indictment for enhancement, so that upon conviction by a jury, he was assessed the mandatory life sentence prescribed in Article 63 of the Texas Penal Code of 1925.
After exhausting his state remedies, Rummel brought this habeas action in fed eral court alleging, among other things, 1 that his court-appointed attorney failed to render adequate…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Faymor Development Co. v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- William James Rummel v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- United States v. BaynesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- State v. LloydCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- United States v. BaynesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Nelson v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1981
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