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HAYES v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. H-77-186.

468 F.Supp. 179 (1979)

Russell Lee HAYES, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Lee Hayes, pro se.

Arthur Amdur, James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINDINGS OF FACT

COWAN, District Judge.

I. The Issue and Coram Nobis Generally

The principal issue in this coram nobis proceeding is whether the plaintiff, Russell Lee Hayes, at the time of his trial in February, 1957, was mentally competent to stand trial. The United States' counterclaim raises the issue of whether Mr. Hayes has abused the writ. The undersigned, on the basis of a full factual record, has determined...

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