Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Vance
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 20, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-H-1396PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SINGLETON, District Judge.
Memorandum and Order:
In October, 1958, petitioner was sentenced to a ninety-nine year sentence in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. On June 16, 1958, a detainer was placed on said petitioner from Harris County, Texas. The detainer was in connection with an indictment for murder. The record, as well as an evidentiary hearing in this court, has not revealed any good faith effort by the State of Texas, County of Harris, or any other official to bring petitioner to trial in the fourteen years this charge has been pending.
The petitioner testified that he did not know…
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