WEBB v. BETO

No. 25143.

415 F.2d 433 (1969)

Troy Lee WEBB, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest E. Figari, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Douglas H. Chilton, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Webb was found guilty of murder with malice on April 25, 1961, in Dallas County, Texas, and was sentenced to a ninety-nine year term. No direct appeal was taken to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. On February 17, 1966, the appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals which was denied without opinion on March 21, 1966.1 On May 17, 1966, appellant filed

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