[DOWNLOAD] "Rummel v. Estelle" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Rummel v. Estelle
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 87 KB
Description
Petitioner William James Rummel is presently serving a life sentence imposed by the State of Texas in 1973 under its "recidivist statute," formerly Art. 63 of its Penal Code, which provided that "[whoever] shall have been three times convicted of a felony less than capital shall on such third conviction be imprisoned for life in the penitentiary." On January