Legal Opinion
Xanthull v. Beto
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 16, 1970No. Civ. A. 67-G-141PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in state custody, has filed a petition and supplemental petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Respondent has filed his answer with state court pleadings attached.
In his original petition Xanthull attacked his state conviction for the following reasons: 1. that the state’s introduction into evidence of his involuntary confession denied his fifth and sixth amendment rights; and 2. that the state denied him a fair trial in that he was forced to wear his jail uniform during his jury trial although he requested his own clothes. In…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Charles Wallace Brooks v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Juan D. Hernandez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Lamont S. Carter, United States of America v. Jerome R. Patterson, United States of America v. Jerome R. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Donald A. Bentley, Jr. v. Roger W. Crist, Warden of Montana State Prison, and the State of MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Henry Edward Watt v. Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, and State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
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