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ESTELLE v. DORROUGH

No. 74-479.

420 U.S. 534 (1975)

ESTELLE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR v. DORROUGH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1975.

PER CURIAM.

Respondent Jerry Mack Dorrough was convicted in 1963 in a Texas District Court of robbery and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 25 years. After he was sentenced and had filed an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, he escaped from the Dallas County jail by stealing a federal mail truck. He was recaptured two days after his escape. After his recapture, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals removed...

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