Legal Opinion
Flanagan v. Arizona
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 8, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-H-332PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in Texas custody, has requested leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. His motion to file in forma pauperis is granted as to proceedings in this Court only.
The records before this Court reflect that in 1957 a Cochise County, Arizona Justice of the Peace Court issued an arrest warrant charging petitioner with murder. The record does not reflect whether he was indicted. Subsequently, in connection with another crime, he was sentenced and incarcerated in Texas. Petitioner has never been tried in…
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