Legal Opinion
Pappillion v. Beto
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 30, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 66-H-541PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, District Judge.
The petitioner, John Pappillion, a prisoner in state custody, has applied to this court for leave to file in forma pauperis a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. His application to proceed in forma pau-peris is granted in this court only, and the clerk is directed to file the petition.
Petitioner complains of his conviction for robbery by assault in the Criminal District Court #4 of Harris County, Texas, on August 18, 1965.
Petitioner first complains of his arrest in Houston, Texas. He claims that the arrest warrant by which he was arrested had been “presigned” by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Gary v. HendrickDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- Collins v. BetoDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1965
3Cited by10 opinions
- Charles Donald Murphy v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Charlie H. Scarbrough v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States Ex Rel. Orsini v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
- Roberts v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
- Burdick v. AllgoodDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
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