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Vela v. Beto

389 U.S. 1025 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1967-12-18 Docket No. 58 English

Judges with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins,

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Douglas J.

Contents
p. 1025
No. 58,
Misc.
Vela v. Beto, Corrections Director.
Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, George M. Cowden, First Assistant Attorney General, R. L. Lattimore, Howard M. Fender and Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General, and A. J. Carubbi, Jr., for respondent.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins,

dissenting.

This case is another further extension of Spencer v. Texas, 385 U. S. 554 , in which the error is more egregious. For the reasons stated in my concurring opinion in Burgett v. Texas, ante, p. 116, 1 would grant the petition for writ of certiorari.

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