Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Beto
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 27, 1967No. Civ. A. 3-344PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., District Judge.
This habeas corpus case, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241, presents the question of whether the petitioner, who was adjudicated insane by a state court and was thereafter put to trial by the state for the commission of a criminal offense, waived that guarantee accorded him by the Fourteenth Amendment that he not be convicted of a crime while he is legally incompetent. Pate v. Robinson, 1966, 383 U.S. 375, 86 S.Ct. 836, 15 L.Ed.2d 815.
In 1930, the petitioner, James Sharp, was adjudged insane by a jury in the county court of Childress County,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Huey R. Lee v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Tules v. Zapata v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Ex Parte TuttleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Clark v. BetoDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
- Martin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1986
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