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BROOKS v. STATE OF TEXAS

Civ. No. CA 3-1495.

256 F.Supp. 807 (1966)

Charles Wallace BROOKS v. The STATE OF TEXAS et al.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

July 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adelfa Callejo, William F. Callejo, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., W. John Allison, Jr., and Charles Caperton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

We are presented with a petition for writ of habeas corpus to vacate and set aside a judgment of the State court of Texas which has been previously passed upon and approved by the Court of Last Resort in said state.

The writ of habeas corpus is an ancient writ known as the Great Writ.

I will pause at this moment and ask the court reporter to take down the observations that I am now to make, for...

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