Legal Opinion

Meadows v. Beto

District Court, E.D. Texas

Decided September 20, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 6544PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JUSTICE, District Judge.

The petitioner, William L. Meadows, pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery by assault, had his punishment determined by a jury, and.is now serving the resulting fifty year sentence imposed on March 25, 1959, by the District Court of Tyler County, 88th Judicial District of Texas. He did not appeal the judgment of conviction and sentence. He now seeks relief from his incarceration in the Texas Department of Corrections by appropriate federal collateral means. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 et seq. He alleges several constitutional deficiencies surrounding…

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3Cited by1 opinion

William L. Meadows v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972