Legal Opinion
Reid v. Beto
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 7, 1962Published
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Lloyd Snell Reid, is a prisoner in state custody pursuant to judgment of a state court. He was convicted of the offense of passing a forged instrument in the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, on April 20,1961. In Reid v . State, 171 Tex. Cr.App. 678, 353 S.W.2d 225, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the case because the sentence imposed was more than Texas law prescribed for the offense in question. Plaintiff contends that he was deprived of his constitutional rights in that the authorities of the Texas…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- House v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Miller v. Director, Middletown State HospitalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- John A. Curtis v. Chester TowerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Reid v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962