SAWYER v. HAUCK

Civ. No. 3542.

245 F.Supp. 55 (1965)

Richard SAWYER v. W. B. HAUCK, Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas.

United States District Court W. D. Texas, San Antonio Division.

May 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Locke, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for petitioner.

James E. Barlow, Crim. Dist. Atty., Bexar County, Tex., and Preston H. Dial, Jr., First Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Bexar County, Tex., for defendant.


SPEARS, Chief Judge.

On the 19th day of May, 1965, a hearing was held on the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Richard Sawyer on March 31, 1965. The facts are as follows:

On April 2, 1960 petitioner killed his parents, William C. Sawyer and Marjory Sawyer, by shooting them with a gun. At such time he was fifteen years of age, having been born on August 17, 1944.

On April 5, 1960 a petition was presented to Honorable Joe Frazier Brown, Judge...

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