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WOODBURY v. BETO

No. 27871.

426 F.2d 923 (1970)

Dennis WOODBURY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher L. Yarbrough, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed) for petitioner-appellant.

Dennis Woodbury pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Charles T. Rose, Charles R. Parrett, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Woodbury, petitioner in this habeas proceeding, and Joan Brock were indicted in Angelina County, Texas, in December 1960 for the murder of William S. Carpenter, a druggist in Tyler, Texas. On the night of November 8, 1960, Brock arranged to meet Carpenter at his drugstore after he had closed it. Both Brock and Woodbury had guns. They entered the drugstore, struck Carpenter on the head, and took...

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