Legal Opinion
Alfred Ray Bradshaw v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1986No. 85-2262PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Appellee, Alfred Ray Bradshaw, appealed his conviction for burglary to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Sitting on the panel which considered his appeal was Judge Jim Vollers. Vollers had been the Texas State Prosecuting Attorney at the time of appellee’s conviction and the filing of his appeal and his name appears as State Prosecuting Attorney on the state’s brief in the appeal.
Appellee’s petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 based upon these facts was granted by the district court. Its decision ordered that Bradshaw be released within ninety…
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