COOK v. KERN

No. 21289.

330 F.2d 1003 (1964)

Edward H. COOK, Appellant, v. C. V. KERN, Sheriff of Harris County, Texas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy Foreman, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before BROWN, MOORE, and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court, entered after a hearing, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to a prison term in the State of Illinois of from ten years to life for the crime of armed robbery. He was subsequently released on parole, and at that time executed a waiver of extradition.1 The Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary has issued...

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