Legal Opinion
Fernandez v. Beto
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided March 6, 1968No. Civ. A. 5-345PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus case presenting the question of whether a confession made by the petitioner and introduced against him at his state trial was accorded a determination of voluntariness as prescribed by the Supreme Court in Jackson v. Denno, 1964, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908. This court is of the opinion that the procedure followed by the trial judge did not adequately resolve the issue of voluntariness.
In 1961, Jessie Fernandez was convicted of murder with malice in the • district court in Crosby County, Texas. His appeal of…
2Cases cited85 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Johnny R. Martinez v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- United States Ex Rel. Lego v. PateDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1970
- Marion v. BetoDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1969
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