Estes v. Texas

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Estes v. Texas (1965)
the Supreme Court of the United States
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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.

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Concurring Opinion
Harlan
Dissenting Opinions
Stewart
White
Brennan

United States Supreme Court

381 U.S. 532

Estes  v.  Texas

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

See 86 S.Ct. 18.

[Syllabus from pages 532-534 intentionally omitted]

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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  1. 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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