UPTON v. BETO

No. 24095.

375 F.2d 117 (1967)

Ray Vernon UPTON, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Vernon Upton, pro se.

Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., 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, Dr. George J. Beto.

Before BROWN, MOORE and BELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, represented by two attorneys appointed by the Court, was convicted upon his plea of guilty in Culberson County, Texas. Thereafter he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. A full plenary hearing was granted by the District Court, which appointed counsel to represent appellant in the prosecution of his petition. On the hearing appellant testified at length during which testimony he admitted that he was serving two sentences but only attacking...

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