HUFFMAN v. BETO

No. 26003.

414 F.2d 1094 (1969)

George William HUFFMAN, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George William Huffman, pro se.

Daryl Bristow, Houston, Tex. (Ct. Appt. Counsel), for appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., A. J. Carubbi, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BELL and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ROBERTS, District Judge.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

This is the second appeal to this Court arising out of Huffman's petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Huffman v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1967, 382 F.2d 777. The relief sought is from a twenty-five year sentence imposed in June of 1959 by the District Court of Nueces County, Texas, upon a conviction of robbery by assault.

At his first hearing in the United States District Court, Huffman contended that he was...

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