GRAY v. ELLIS

No. 17014.

257 F.2d 159 (1958)

Richard Edward GRAY, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Edward Gray, Huntsville, Tex., in pro. per.

B. H. Timmins, Jr., and Linward Shivers, Asst. Attys. Gen. (Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., of Texas, on the brief), for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted in the state courts of Texas, of the offense of robbery and was sentenced to a term of not less than five nor more than 50 years. He did not appeal from the conviction, but he subsequently filed a petition for habeas corpus in the state court alleging the absence of the effective assistance of counsel on his trial and the fact that he was not mentally competent at the time of his trial. The state court denied the writ and appellant...

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