Greer v. Beto

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 384 U.S. 269, 16 L. Ed. 2d 526, 86 S. Ct. 1477, SCDB 1965-111, 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1588

Decision Date: 5/23/1966

Docket Number: No. 720

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Greer v. Beto, 384 U.S. 269, 16 L. Ed. 2d 526, 86 S. Ct. 1477, SCDB 1965-111, 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1588 (1966)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1966

GREER v. BETO, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.

Judges

Mr. Justice Harlan would set the case for argument, believing that the retroactivity of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335, as applied in a recidivist case, presents problems of its own that are deserving of plenary consideration.

Attorneys

William E. Gray for petitioner.
Waggoner Carr, Attorney General of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Assistant Attorney General, T. B. Wright, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and Howard M. Fender, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

majority Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335; Doughty v. Maxwell, 376 U. S. 202; see Garner v. Pennsylvania, 372 U. S. 768; United States ex rel. Durocher v. LaVallee, 330 F. 2d 303 (C. A. 2d Cir.).

Mr. Justice Harlan would set the case for argument, believing that the retroactivity of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335, as applied in a recidivist case, presents problems of its own that are deserving of plenary consideration.

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