Legal Opinion
King v. Beto
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 5, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 3-2224PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner in this habeas corpus proceeding is attacking two 1959 convictions. He was charged in two indictments with two incidents of statutory rape. He pled not guilty on the first indictment, but was convicted and sentenced to fifty years by the jury. Thereupon the charge in the second indictment was reduced to assault with intent to rape. Petitioner pled guilty and was given a concurrent fifty-year sentence.
Petitioner, in his application for a writ of habeas corpus, asserts that he is not guilty of either offense, and attacks both convictions on…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Dennis P. Kelly v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Stamper v. BaskervilleDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1982
- Paulekas v. ClarkDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1968
- Edwards v. CadyDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1970
- Zilka v. BetoDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1971