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BETTS v. BETO

No. 28838. Summary Calendar.

424 F.2d 1299 (1970)

Edgar Lennox BETTS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 27, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Phillips, Dallas, Tex. for plaintiff-appellant.

Edgar Lennox Betts, Jr., pro se.

Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Texas, Brandon Bickett, Gilbert J. Pena, Charles R. Parrett, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal comes to us from an order of the district court denying the petition of a Texas convict for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.1

Appellant was convicted of robbery and was sentenced on November 27, 1961, to ten years imprisonment. He was paroled on February 1, 1963, but parole was revoked and he was retaken into custody on August 14, 1967, after being arrested in Los Angeles County, California, for possession...

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