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Watkins v. Beto

375 U.S. 397 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1964-01-06 Docket No. 417 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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WATKINS v. BETO, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al.
No. 417,
Misc.
Decided January 6, 1964.
Petitioner pro se.
Waggoner Carr, Attorney General of Texas, and Howard Fender, Gilbert J. Pena and Alio B. Crow, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for respondents.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Criminal Appeals for consideration in light of Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353 ; Draper v. Washington, 372 U. S. 487 .

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