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Gonzales v. Johnson, No. 3-96-CV-3326-X (N.D.Tex.) (994 F.Supp. 759) (November 21, 1997) (Judge Joe Kendall)

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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