Legal Opinion
Ex parte Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1969No. 42063PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BELCHER, Judge.
The controlling question presented is whether Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, *71087 S.Ct. 1920, 18 L.Ed.2d 1019, decided June 12, 1967, has retroactive application.
The findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the district judge of the convicting court, holding that Washington does not have retroactive application to petitioner’s 1962 conviction, are supported by the decision of this Court in Ex parte Thomas, 429 S.W.2d 151; Ex parte Zerschausky, 417 S.W.2d 279; and by opinion of Chief Judge Spears in Zerschausky v. Beto, D.C., 274 F.Supp. 231; Zerschausky v. Beto,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stephen D. Zerschausky v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ex Parte ThomasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Ex Parte ZerschauskyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Zerschausky v. BetoDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1967
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Ex Parte PenningtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971