Legal Opinion
Bush v. McCollum
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided May 27, 1964No. Civ. A. 3-63-451PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
In this case James E. Bush filed a petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas asking for his release from the custody of Wayne McCollum, Sheriff of Ellis County, Texas.
The legal question involved is whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires, in a criminal prosecution of an indigent defendant previously adjudicated insane, that the Court commit him to a mental hospital for examination or provide funds for employment of a psychiatrist or otherwise make available to the jury and to court…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. JenkinsOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. McArthur Edwards, AKA Edwards McArthur and Charles Darnell WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- LP v. Natrona County Department of Public Assistance & Social ServicesWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
- Eugene Mason v. State of Arizona, A. E. Gomes, Superintendent, Arizona State Prison AtflorenceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Roland Tyler v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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