BROOKS v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 64-H-418.

241 F.Supp. 743 (1965)

Willie B. BROOKS, Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

May 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Bullard and Bill Chanslor, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Charles Swanner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., and Sam R. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., for respondent.


CONNALLY, Chief Judge.

This is an application for the writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is a state prisoner serving a sentence of fifty years imposed by judgment of the 86th Judicial District Court of Van Zandt County, Texas. The offense was rape by force or threat. Petitioner is a negro, his victim white. As seems to be true in every case in this period of racial conflict and tension—all else having failed—collateral attack is now made on the judgment...

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