Gonzales v. Johnson, No. 3-96-CV-3326-X (N.D.Tex.) (994 F.Supp. 759) (November 21, 1997) (Judge Joe Kendall)
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Case grants a writ of habeas corpus to a defendant after it determines that the sentencing judge improperly imposed a predetermined sentence.
This is an appalling tale about one of those mythical hanging judges from Texas, State Judge Larry Baraka. In 1986, the petitioner, Jose Gonzales, was charged with three …
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