HOLLIFIELD v. BETO

No. 24059.

372 F.2d 478 (1967)

Malvin HOLLIFIELD, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malvin Hollifield, in pro. per.

Allo B. Crow, Jr., 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.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant's habeas corpus petition attacks his life sentence, imposed following his conviction by a jury on a charge of first degree murder. The court below denied his petition after a full hearing. The appellant first alleges that his confession was coerced. Since the confession was not introduced at trial, the appellant's constitutional rights were not violated. See Lynumn v. State of Illinois, 1963, 372 U.S. 528,...

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