HACKATHORN v. DECKER

No. 23032.

369 F.2d 150 (1966)

Carl Junior HACKATHORN, Appellant, v. J.E. (Bill) DECKER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Burleson, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Frank Watts, William F. Alexander, W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and WEST, District Judge.


WEST, District Judge:

Appellant, Carl Junior Hackathorn, a Texas state prisoner, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his Specification of Errors he assigns five alleged errors as a basis for this appeal, i.e., that (1) the first of four confessions given by petitioner was obtained without his having been advised of his right to counsel; (2) he was denied...

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