HYDER v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 3-1801.

270 F.Supp. 46 (1967)

Carlisle HYDER, Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

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

April 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Jericho, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas County, James Williamson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondent.


Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Senior District Judge.

During the past few weeks we have tried a number of habeas corpus cases where State prisoners were seeking relief from judgments rendered in the State court. We found little in any of the petitions sustaining the claims of the petitioner and justifying his liberation.

In many cases they were from those sentenced for life, and in a large number of them the police were charged with brutality...

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