FERNANDEZ v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 5-345.

281 F.Supp. 207 (1968)

Jessie FERNANDEZ, also known as Jessie Fernandez, Jr., Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

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

March 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas McGuire, San Antonio, Tex., for petitioner.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Texas, Robert Darden, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


OPINION

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case presenting the question of whether a confession made by the petitioner and introduced against him at his state trial was accorded a determination of voluntariness as prescribed by the Supreme Court in Jackson v. Denno, 1964, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908. This court is of the opinion that the procedure followed by the trial judge did...

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