1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 536 F.2d
  5. 536 F.2d 1104 (1976)
 

SELLARS v. ESTELLE

No. 75-3862. Summary Calendar.

536 F.2d 1104 (1976)

Calvin SELLARS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., Michael Anthony Maness, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

George R. Bedell, Robert E. DeLong, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Enforcement Div., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 27, 1976.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Calvin Sellars, convicted of robbery by firearms and sentenced to death in 1965 in Texas, appeals from the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief. Sellars v. State, 400 S.W.2d 559 (Tex.Crim.App.1965). Sellars contends that he was denied due process and equal protection of law when the Governor commuted his sentence to 99 years...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases