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REED v. BETO

No. 21846.

343 F.2d 723 (1965)

William Everett REED, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Tessmer, Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Clyde W. Woody, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Sam R. Wilson, Houston, Tex., Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Howard M. Fender, Charles B. Swanner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellee, Dr. George J. Beto.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and BROWN and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Reed appeals from the District Court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus. Reed was convicted of burglary. Because the jury also found him to have been twice previously convicted of a felony, the Judge sentenced him to life imprisonment under the Texas Habitual Criminal Statute.1 This conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Reed v. State, 1962, 172 Tex. Cr.R. 122,

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