MASSEY v. MOORE

No. 119.

348 U.S. 105 (1954)

75 S.Ct. 145

99 L.Ed. 135

MASSEY v. MOORE, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Acheson argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

By special leave of Court, pro hac vice, James N. Castleberry, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General, and Rudy G. Rice, Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, who is in a Texas prison under a life sentence imposed by a Texas court, brought this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Federal District Court. His claim is that he was denied the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment because he was tried and convicted of robbery at a time when he was of unsound mind and unassisted by counsel....

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