LUCAS v. EVANS

No. CA-4-63-86.

220 F.Supp. 844 (1963)

John E. LUCAS v. Lon EVANS, Sheriff of Tarrant County, Texas.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

July 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randell Riley, Fort Worth, Tex. (appointed by the Court), for petitioner.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty. of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Tex., for Sheriff of Tarrant County.

Albert F. Fick, Asst. Dist. Atty. of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Tex., for State of Texas.


DAVIDSON, District Judge.

We are presented with a motion and petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, John E. Lucas, has been heretofore convicted of a penal offense in the State courts of Texas, and has appealed his case to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 368 S.W.2d 605, where his case was affirmed. He now comes before this court with an application for a writ of habeas corpus, the effect of which is to call...

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