Legal Opinion
William Chester Craig v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1972No. 71-1505PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
On June 2, 1969, petitioner Craig was convicted in Texas of burglary. Because he had two prior felony convictions, he was sentenced to life imprisonment under Article 63, Texas Penal Code. 1 One of these prior convictions took place in Oklahoma in 1951 when Craig pled guilty to a burglary charge, for which he has served out his sentence of 6 years. No appeal was taken from that conviction and no collateral attack was made on it in Oklahoma. Nor did Craig raise any question concerning the possible invalidity of the Oklahoma judgment when it was used in the trial of this…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by55 opinions
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