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ABBOTT v. BETO

No. 26937.

409 F.2d 1324 (1969)

Charles Ira ABBOTT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Ramey, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Austin, Tex., Thomas Keever, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM and DYER, Circuit Judges, and KRENTZMAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Charles Abbott was arrested at the home of a friend on May 30, 1960, for robbery of a grocery store in Houston, Texas. Upon arriving at the police station, Abbott was questioned briefly by the officers on duty at the station. Abbott confessed to the robbery immediately — at 10:50 p. m.

The confession was admitted into evidence at the trial. Also at the trial, the owner of the grocery store and two other witnesses who were in the store when...

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