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BOWLES v. STATE OF TEXAS

No. 22939.

366 F.2d 734 (1966)

Bryant Williams BOWLES, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Woody, Marian S. Rosen, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Sam R. Wilson, Thomas H. Routt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and WEST, District Judge.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Bryant W. Bowles, Jr., was convicted in August of 1958 of the murder of his brother-in-law, Earl Harvey. He was sentenced by the District Court of Hardin County, Texas, to confinement in the state penitentiary for life. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, in June of 1964. After a full hearing, at which appellant was represented by counsel, the petition...

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