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WILHELMI v. BETO

No. 28492 Summary Calendar.

426 F.2d 795 (1970)

Francis M. WILHELMI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Wilhelmi, pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Texas, Ronald Luna, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Pat Bailey, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from an order of the District Court denying the petition of a Texas convict for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.1

Appellant, serving a 15-year sentence for sodomy, filed his petition below contending that the state conducted an improper cross-examination when the prosecuting attorney asked the appellant if he had been arrested for a similar offense a week prior to the trial. The District Court...

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