Legal Opinion

Bushnell v. Ellis

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 22, 1961No. 561Published

1Opinion of the Court

366 U.S. 418 (1961)

BUSHNELL

v.

ELLIS, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.

No. 561.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued May 2, 1961.

Decided May 22, 1961.

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS.

Percy D. Williams, acting under appointment by the Court, 364 U. S. 917, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

B. H. Timmins, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Will Wilson, Attorney General, and Linward Shivers, Assistant Attorney General.

2Per curiam

The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas is reversed and the cause is…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RodriguezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  2. Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. McNeal v. CulverSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Cash v. CulverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. Ex Parte FitzpatrickCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

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