Legal Opinion
Michael Westly Jones v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1980No. 80-1574PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Jones, a Texas prisoner, appeals pro se from denial of his petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He urges two claims: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel and (2) improper jury verdict occasioned by the signing of the punishment verdict by a foreman other than the one selected during the guilt-innocence phase of the trial. Because neither claim possesses sufficient substance to warrant overturning the denial of habeas relief, we affirm.
Jones was convicted by a jury of the offense of robbery by assault and was sentenced to 99 years of imprisonment. His…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- United States ex rel. Hart v. DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Raulerson v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Timothy George Baldwin v. Frank C. Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Kenneth Lee Hollenbeck v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Carl Ray Songer v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc., and Richard L. Dugger, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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