BETO v. BARFIELD

No. 25165.

391 F.2d 275 (1968)

Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellant, v. Thomas Baker BARFIELD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Keever, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Thomas Baker Barfield, pro se.

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Thomas Baker Barfield obtained a writ of habeas corpus in the district court on the ground that one of his prior theft convictions, used to enhance the sentence he is presently serving, was invalid because his appointed counsel in that case was not authorized to practice law, having failed to pay his membership dues to the Texas Bar Association.

Barfield, represented by Adrian A. McDaniel, was tried and convicted of theft on February 26, 1953....

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