Legal Opinion
Smotherman v. Beto
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 24, 1967No. Civ. A. 3-1751PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Leon Smotherman was convicted of statutory rape in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, Texas, in April, 1961. A jury assessed his punishment at 99 years confinement in the Texas penitentiary. His conviction was not appealed. In 1966, Smotherman filed in federal court an application for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241, alleging that a confession given by him and introduced against him at his trial was not the product of his free will and that counsel appointed to defend him by the state court rendered him inadequate representation.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- People v. DegraffenreidMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
- United States v. PaleniusUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1977
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