BROWN v. JONES

No. EP-73-CA-47.

407 F.Supp. 686 (1974)

Dolphus Jack BROWN v. Clarence JONES, Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, El Paso Division.

November 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Gilkerson, Travis D. Shelton, Lubbock, Tex., Joseph A. Calamia, John Fashing, El Paso, Tex., Phil Burleson, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Howard M. Fender, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., Bart Boling, Asst. Atty. Gen., El Paso, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. WOOD, Jr., District Judge.

On this 31st day of October, 1974, came on to be considered Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The petitioner, Dolphus Jack Brown, was indicted on May 3, 1967, by a Lubbock County, Texas, Grand Jury. The one count indictment alleged the murder with malice of petitioner's parents, D. J. and Birdie McCauley Brown, in Shallowater, Texas, on April 18, 1967. A change of venue was granted and on October...

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