SHARP v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 5-344.

282 F.Supp. 558 (1968)

James Winston SHARP, Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

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

April 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby D. Allen, Lubbock, Tex., for petitioner.

Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent.


WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., District Judge.

In Sharp v. Beto, N.D.Tex.1967, 276 F.Supp. 871, this court determined that petitioner had been denied a hearing on the issue of his mental competency to stand trial in state court in February, 1964. In accordance with the dictates of Lee v. State of Alabama, 5 Cir. 1967, 386 F.2d 97, this court ordered further proceedings to ascertain whether Sharp's competency...

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