Legal Opinion
Hollins v. Beto
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 2, 1974No. Civ. A. 71-H-295, 72-H-1056PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SINGLETON, District Judge.
Memorandum Opinion:
These two opinions will treat petitions for habeas corpus heard by this court in a period of two weeks. The petitioners have in common the allegations that their convictions were constitutionally infirm because they were tried in jail clothes.
In attempting to carve out a rule with which it can work in the jail clothes area, this court has taken many turns. A study of the jail clothes issue as it is addressed by the Fifth Circuit 1 reveals a faint but discernable pattern with regard to the proper procedural inquiry. Although there is at least one…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Bobby Gene CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- McWilliams v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1974
- D Williams v. EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974