Legal Opinion
Rufus Chalk v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1970No. 28733_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
This is the companion ease to King v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1970, 429 F.2d 221. Both cases involve the constitutional question of effectiveness of the same attorney who happened to represent both petitioners at their separate criminal trials. In this case, as in King, supra, the petitioner exhausted his state post-conviction remedies and petitioned the District Court, Southern District of Texas, for writ of habeas corpus. A full evidentiary hearing was conducted, and petitioner was ordered discharged from appellant’s custody to be retried. We affirm.
As we stated in King, supra, it is the particular…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- W. F. Chaney v. City of Galveston, Earl J. Smith & Co., Inc. v. City of GalvestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Charles Wallace Brooks v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Thaddeus King, Jr. v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Arthur L. Skolness, Also Known as Art Skolness, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
3Cited by41 opinions
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Nelson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Usery v. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. McArthur Edwards, AKA Edwards McArthur and Charles Darnell WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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