Legal Opinion
Sam Hoover v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1972No. 29587PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
Seldom has this Court considered a more spectacular or bizarre case than this habeas corpus petition of an experienced Texas criminal lawyer, former mayor of the City of Pasadena, Texas, who was found guilty in Texas State Court of being the mastermind and accomplice in an especially brutal and horrible assault and robbery, but who contends that he was invalidly convicted in violation of federal constitutional rights.
Sam Hoover is presently serving a sixty-year sentence imposed by the Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas. A jury found him guilty in a…
2Cases cited89 opinions
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3Cited by68 opinions
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