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DeHAM v. DECKER

No. 22873.

361 F.2d 477 (1966)

Leonard DeHAM, Appellant, v. Bill DECKER, Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gilbert J. Pena, Larry J. Craddock, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Texas, Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., T. B. Wright, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee; W. C. Lindsey, Crim. Dist. Atty., Jefferson County, Tex., Jim Vollers, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jefferson County, Tex., of counsel.

Before RIVES and BELL, Circuit Judges, and FULTON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was indicted for the felony theft by false pretext of two money orders totaling ninety dollars. He was tried before a jury and a verdict of guilty was returned. His conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. DeHam v. State of Texas, 389 S.W.2d 955 (1965). That court also denied appellant's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant then petitioned the U. S. District Court for habeas...

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