Legal Opinion
Mason v. Pamplin
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided August 10, 1964No. Civ. A. 3398PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPEARS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Alexander Mason, a person in State custody on a misdemeanor conviction, having exhausted his remedies in State Court, 1 filed in this Court his petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was being held in violation of his rights under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in that he was denied a hearing in the trial court on his motion for change of venue.
On August 12, 1963, the petitioner, a Negro minister, was charged by information in the County Court of Falls County, Texas, with aggravated…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State Ex Rel. Ricco v. BiggsOregon Supreme Court · 1953
- Fox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Cotton v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1870
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Brady Pamplin, Sheriff of Falls County, Texas and the State of Texas v. Alexander MasonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Rubenstein v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Gallo v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports1984
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