Case Name: Walter Lee BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1979-03-21
Citations: 591 F.2d 1207
Docket Number: No. 78-2672
Parties: Walter Lee BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 591
Pages: 1207–1207

Head Matter:
Walter Lee BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 78-2672
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 21, 1979.
John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, David M. Kendall, Jr., Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondent-appellant.
Richard A. Dawson, Staff Counsel for Inmates, Sugar Land, Tex., for petitionerappellee.
Before COLEMAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
For the reasons set forth by the trial court in its opinion, Brown v. Estelle, S.D.Tex.1978, the trial court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed.
It appears that, under Texas law, an error in sentencing proceedings before a jury requires the state Appellate Court to reverse the entire conviction, not merely to remand for resentencing. Tex.Code Crim. Pro. Art. 44.24(b); Bullard v. State, Tex.Cr.App.1977, 548 S.W.2d 13, 18; Ellison v. State, Tex.Cr.App.1968, 432 S.W.2d 955, 957. Accordingly, the District Court's judgment is modified in part as follows: The State shall be given the option either of retrying or resentencing the appellee within
120 days, as may be appropriate under Texas law.
AFFIRMED.