Legal Opinion
Woods v. Beto
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided October 5, 1972No. Civ. A. 5-1081PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODWARD, District Judge.
William Ray Woods, the petitioner in this action, is in state custody pursuant to a judgment and sentence of the 106th District Court of Garza County, Texas, Cause No. 718, styled State of Texas versus William Ray Woods. At a jury trial he was convicted on the 20th day of December, 1951, of the felony offense of murder with malice and the judge of that court sentenced the petitioner in accordance with the verdict to 50 years in the penitentiary.
This application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed on behalf of petitioner under Title 28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Catherine Foster, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. James L. Sparks, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Farrington v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1975