Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Estelle v. Bullard
459 U.S. 1139
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1983-01-17
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “Implicity, (sic) [after Bullington ] enhancement proceedings such as this Texas proceeding, where there are findings of fact similar to the findings in the guilt phase of the trial, are ... within the penumbra [of the double jeopardy clause].”
- double jeopardy applies to Texas habitual offender statute
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 25 opinions
C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 457 U. S. 1116.] Judgment vacated and case remanded for consideration of whether the Texas Constitution, as interpreted by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas in Ex parte Augusta, 639 S. W. 2d 481 (1982), offers respondent relief on grounds independent of the United States Constitution so as to render inappropriate a decision on federal constitutional grounds. City of Mesquite v. Aladdin’s Cas