Legal Opinion
Joe Edward Smith v. The State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1968No. 22130_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment denying the appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking the validity of his state court conviction on the ground that there had been no determination of the voluntariness of his confession in the manner required by Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908, 1 A.L.R.3d 1205 (1964).
The appellant was convicted of murder with malice aforethought and assessed the death penalty in a trial in a Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas in April, 1960. The conviction was upheld on direct appeal. Smith v.…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Johnny R. Martinez v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Freddie Breedlove v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. James Bobby ImpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Efrain Medina A/K/A Frank MedinaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- State v. UsserySupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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