(DOWNLOAD) "Ex Parte Virgil Nelson Halford" by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Ex Parte Virgil Nelson Halford
Author : The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Release Date : January 04, 1976
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 56 KB

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This is a post conviction habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Petitioner seeks relief from his conviction of rape on November 22, 1963. He contends that the trial court failed to conduct a hearing on his competency to stand trial as required by Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 86 S. Ct. 836, 15 L. Ed. 2d 815. He also contends that the sheriff who attended the jury was a material witness for the State and that this has been condemned by the Supreme Court of the United States in Turner v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 466, 85 S. Ct. 546, 13 L. Ed. 2d 424. Appellant was indicted for the offense in Palo Pinto County. Venue was changed to Wichita County and later to Coryell County where he was convicted.