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LYLES v. BETO

No. 20658.

329 F.2d 332 (1964)

Burl Eugene LYLES, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Coffey, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Sam R. Wilson, Houston, Tex., J. G. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, Tex., George W. Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, BREITENSTEIN, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

Lyles, the appellant here, as a result of information received from an accomplice, was indicted by the grand jury of Ector County, Texas in February of 1961 for the crime of burglary. A warrant was then issued for his arrest. Upon waiving extradition, he was returned to Ector County from California and placed in the Odessa City jail at 12:05 A.M. He spent the remainder of the night sleeping. Around noon on that day he was asked by a...

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