[Cause Number 39,613]. Amicus Curiae Brief for Jack Ruby

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Legal brief compiled for Jack Ruby in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It includes excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, and citations for previous cases and Texas laws. Indexes to topical analysis, case authorities, statutes, and other authorities is at the start of the document.

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Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996 February 28, 1965.

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Legal brief compiled for Jack Ruby in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It includes excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, and citations for previous cases and Texas laws. Indexes to topical analysis, case authorities, statutes, and other authorities is at the start of the document.

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ix, 117 p. ; 25 cm.

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"No. In the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas"

Additional description and context: Amicus Curiae Brief for Jack Ruby by Melvin Belli filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals in the State of Texas in the matter of Ruby's appeal, Jack Ruby vs. The State of Texas.

In this brief, Melvin Belli, no longer counsel for Jack Ruby, wrote in detail of the major objections the defense made during Ruby's trial, the mistakes and missteps he claims were made by Henry Wade, the prosecutor, and by Judge Joe B. Brown, whom Belli referred to repeatedly as "the learned trial judge." Belli addressed many objections, most of which led him to conclude that Jack Ruby could never have had a fair trial in Dallas at that time.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza also publishes this record online: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/44524

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[Letter from M. M. Belli to Judge Brown, November 27, 1964] (Letter)

[Letter from M. M. Belli to Judge Brown, November 27, 1964]

Photocopy of a letter from Melvin Belli (former attorney for Jack Ruby) to judge Joe Brown (who presided over Ruby's murder trial) warning the judge that Ruby needs psychiatric attention and asking Brown to consider using the court's authority to require an examination since Ruby's current defense attorneys will not do so. Belli also mentions that he has been given permission to file an amicus curiae brief for Ruby's appeal.

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Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996. [Cause Number 39,613]. Amicus Curiae Brief for Jack Ruby, legal document, February 28, 1965; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117911/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

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