Case Name: William Louis HARRELL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dallas B. MATTHEWS, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-04-05
Citations: 439 F.2d 721
Docket Number: No. 30385
Parties: William Louis HARRELL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dallas B. MATTHEWS, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 439
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
William Louis HARRELL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dallas B. MATTHEWS, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 30385.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 5, 1971.
Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Karns, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for appellant.
Robert Glass, New Orleans Legal Asst. Corp., New Orleans, La., for appellee.
Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and GEWIN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.
Associate Justice United States Supreme Court (Ret.), sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Judgment affirmed. Without deciding the precise question as to whether a written copy of the charges should have been served, we believe that on the facts of this case, the confusing notice given to petitioner and his mother of the charges against him did not meet constitutional requirements. See In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428, 18 L.Ed.2d 527 (1967).