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Trial and appeal of Jack Ruby

The State of Texas’s case against Jack Ruby for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald: tried in Dallas in 1964, reversed on appeal in 1966.

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Jack Ruby Defendant; found guilty 14 March 1964, sentenced to death Primary record 1
Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County Heard the case Primary record 2
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reversed the conviction on 5 October 1966 Primary record 2

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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
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.
Indicted for the murder of Oswald by the State of Texas on November 26, 1963
Rubenstein v. State, 407 S.W.2d 793 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966), Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 5 Oct 1966. Primary record Archived copy
On February 10, 1964, a change of venue hearing began in Criminal District Court No. 3 of Dallas County
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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