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Mendiola v. Estelle

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  • Title: Mendiola v. Estelle
  • Author : Fifth Circuit. Unit A United States Court of Appeals
  • Release Date : January 29, 1981
  • Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 57 KB

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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 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction in an unpublished per curiam opinion, a copy of which is reproduced in the record on this appeal at page 49; the decision is noted at Mendiola v. State, 579 S.W.2d 940 (Tex.Cr.App.1979). On federal habeas, Mendiola urged a number of grounds for habeas relief, including some of the same grounds that he urged upon his direct appeal in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The State conceded that he had exhausted his state remedies on all grounds. Mendiola now appeals from the denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976) in the court below. We affirm.


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