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CANNON v. ELLIS

No. 15220.

217 F.2d 309 (1954)

Robert Lee CANNON, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lee Cannon, pro se.

Willis E. Gresham, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., J. Fred Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES, and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner below, appellant here, a prisoner in custody under a state court sentence, sought habeas corpus relief therefrom. The district judge denied the petition and also refused to issue a certificate of probable cause, and the appellee, through the Attorney General of the State of Texas, has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that, in the absence of a certificate of probable cause as required by Section...

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