Legal Opinion
Zink v. Estelle
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 30, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-G-157PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner was convicted of the' offense of murder with malice in the 10th *658Judicial District Court of Galveston County, Texas, in Cause No. 31,615, after a plea of not guilty and a trial by jury. A sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. As far as can be ascertained from the record, the state trial court made no determination of petitioner’s competency to stand trial.
In his application for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner Zink contends (1) that Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 86 S.Ct. 836, 15 L.Ed.2d 815 (1966), required the state trial court to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. McArthur Edwards, AKA Edwards McArthur and Charles Darnell WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. The State Of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Zink v. EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977