Legal Opinion
Fritz Whittington v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1983No. 81-2475PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
A prisoner in the Texas Department of Corrections appeals from a District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging constitutional error in the prosecutor’s arguments to the jury and in the Court’s having admitted evidence of extraneous offenses that may have been committed at the time the defendant was apprehended. Because we find that these occurrences, though disturbing, did not render Whittington’s trial fundamentally unfair, we affirm.
The Overture: Con Brio
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2Cases cited44 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Buchalter v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Arthur Houston v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States v. Aurora Canales and Elia GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- David Earl Wilson v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Warren Eugene Bridge v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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