WOODBURY v. BETO

No. 24870.

395 F.2d 189 (1968)

Dennis WOODBURY, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley S. Crooks, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Robert E. Owen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Thomas Keever, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, George M. Cowden, First Asst. Atty. Gen., A. J. Carubbi, Jr., Executive Asst., R. L. Lattimore, Howard M. Fender, Lonny F. Zwiener, Robert E. Owen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, BELL and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing without a plenary hearing an application for writ of habeas corpus. We vacate the judgment and remand for dismissal without prejudice to appellant's right to seek relief in the Texas court in which he was originally tried and convicted.

Among other grounds, the application alleges that involuntary statements and actions which were coerced were used in the appellant's trial to obtain a conviction. For example...

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