Legal Opinion
Ramiro Mendiola v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1981No. 80-1418PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-Appellant Ramiro Mendiola was convicted by a jury in Texas state district court of the felony offense of delivery of heroin-a crime under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15 (Vernon 1976). He was given a life sentence pursuant to the enhancement provisions of Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.42 (Vernon 1974), based on two prior felony convictions. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction in an unpublished per curiam opinion, a copy of which is reproduced in the record on this appeal at page 49; the decision is noted at Mendiola v.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bifulco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by67 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Alvord v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Richard Gerald Jordan v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States ex rel. Caruso v. ZelinskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Doyle Edward Skillern v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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