Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Beto
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 19, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-H-909PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in state custody, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254.
On August 26, 1968, petitioner was tried before a jury for the offenses of possession and unlawful sale of marijuana. He was convicted only of the second offense, the unlawful sale or gift of one marijuana cigarette to a police undercover agent, and sentenced to thirty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections on August 27, 1968. The conviction was affirmed in Johnson v. State, 447 S.W.2d 927…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jarrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Lee Otis Johnson v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972