Legal Opinion
Melvin W. Greer v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1967No. 24409_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a recidivist with a long record of mental illness, sought a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court after having exhausted his state remedies. His contention in the District Court and here is that he was given an inadequate pretrial sanity hearing by the Fannin County, Texas court wherein he was charged with burglary and with theft,1 and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in his sanity trial and in the trial of the burglary charge on the merits.
*924The District Court denied relief. We reverse for further proceedings on the issue of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Nathaniel Brown v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. TokmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Charles William Proffitt v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. McArthur Edwards, AKA Edwards McArthur and Charles Darnell WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Roland Tyler v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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