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JOHNSON v. ELLIS

No. 19058.

296 F.2d 325 (1961)

Adrian JOHNSON, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Golding, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., Lee P. Ward, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and RIVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner-appellant was convicted of murder in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas, and sentenced to death. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Johnson v. State, 1960, 336 S.W.2d 175. Certiorari was denied, with Mr. Justice Douglas dissenting. Johnson v. Texas, 1960, 364 U.S. 927, 81 S.Ct. 355, 5 L.Ed. 2d 267. In the petition for habeas corpus in the United States...

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