Estes v. Texas

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Estes v. Texas (1965)
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Estes v. Texas, 381 U.S. 532 (1965) was a case in which the United States Supreme Court overturned the swindling conviction of petitioner Billy Sol Estes, holding that his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights had been violated by the publicity associated with the pretrial hearing, which had been carried live on both television and radio. News photography was permitted throughout the trial and parts of it were broadcast as well. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Concurring Opinion: Harlan

Dissenting Opinions: Stewart; White; Brennan

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381 U.S. 532

Estes v. Texas

Argued: April 1, 1965. --- Decided: June 7, 1965

See 86 S.Ct. 18.

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John D. Cofer and Hume Cofer, Austin, Tex., for petitioner.

Waggoner Carr, Austin, Tex., and Leon Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for respondent.

Mr. Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. ^[1]

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↑ Mr. Justice HARLAN concurs in this opinion subject to the reservations and to the extent indicated in his concurring opinion, post, p. 587

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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[ref*-1] Mr. Justice HARLAN concurs in this opinion subject to the reservations and to the extent indicated in his concurring opinion, post, p. 587

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