Legal Opinion
Billy Joe Wade v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1966No. 22976_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
Billy Joe Wade was arrested in Houston, Texas, on the 2nd day of April, 1965. He had been indicted by a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Texas, which charged that, along with Briggs and Pickett, he had conspired with them to rob, and had robbed, a federally insured bank at Eustace, Texas. It is apparent that the indictment was based entirely upon the testimony given by the alleged accomplices, who had been arrested and sentenced on another offense some time earlier.
The trial court appointed counsel on April 26, 1965, at which time Wade was in custody in the…
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