Barnes v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

March 8, 1965

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1965-03-08

Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Giordenello v. United States · Davis v. Mabry

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1965-03-08

How this case has been cited

Cited by 70 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1996 · most notably Draper v. United States (1959), Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Butts (1966)

6 federal appellate · 57 state decisions

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Clyde W. Woody, for petitioner.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, and Howard M. Fender, Charles B. Swanner, Gilbert J. Pena and Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

PER CURIAM.

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The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Giordenello v. United States, 357 U.S. 480, 78 S.Ct. 1245, 2 L.Ed.2d 1053; Aguilar v. State of Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723.