Person
Jack Ruby
Dallas man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald on 24 November 1963. He was found guilty of murder in March 1964; the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction in October 1966.
- Dates
- 1911–1967
- Wikidata
- Q192519
Rubenstein v. State
- Convicted by Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County: murder of Lee Harvey Oswald; sentenced to death 1
- Decision overturned by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: conviction reversed; retrial ordered outside Dallas County 2
Connections 6
convicted by
- Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County 14 Mar 1964 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald; sentenced to death Primary record 1
decision overturned by
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 5 Oct 1966 conviction reversed; retrial ordered outside Dallas County Primary record 2
involved in
- Killing of Lee Harvey Oswald Shot Oswald Primary record 1
- Trial and appeal of Jack Ruby Defendant; found guilty 14 March 1964, sentenced to death Primary record 1
appears in
- Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Subject Primary record 1
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Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations (Kennedy)
Subject
According to House Select Committee on Assassinations
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The committee also found that Ruby was not a member of organized crime, but had many contacts with underworld figures.
Timeline 3 dates
- 1911–1967 Jack Ruby
- 14 Mar 1964 Jack Ruby convicted by Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County
- 5 Oct 1966 Jack Ruby decision overturned by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Proof 3 sources
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Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, Chapter 1: Summary and Conclusions, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1964.
Primary record
Ruby was found guilty on March 14, 1964, and sentenced to death.
The man who killed Oswald was Jack Ruby.
Indicted for the murder of Oswald by the State of Texas on November 26, 1963, Ruby was found guilty on March 14, 1964, and sentenced to death.
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Rubenstein v. State, 407 S.W.2d 793 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966), Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 5 Oct 1966.
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Archived copy
the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions that the venue be changed to some county other than Dallas.
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Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations, U.S. House of Representatives: Part I, Section C (findings and the investigation of possible conspirators), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1979.
Primary record
believed that Ruby's shooting of Oswald was not a spontaneous act, in that it involved at least some premeditation.
Ruby was not a "member" of organized crime in Dallas or elsewhere, although it showed that he had a significant number of associations and direct and indirect contacts with underworld figures
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