Legal Opinion
Johnnie Pruett v. The State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1972No. 71-3284PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKELTON, Judge:
In this case, the State of Texas has appealed from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the Honorable D. W. Suttle presiding, granting the petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Johnnie Pruett, appellee herein.
The facts show that Pruett, a young man 18 years of age, was convicted of sodomy on July 25, 1969, in the 52nd District Court of Coryell County, Texas, and sentenced to two years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections (penitentiary). He appealed his sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest court in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Ex Parte CanadaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
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- Laden v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Johnnie Pruett v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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