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CHILDRESS v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 66-H-627.

308 F.Supp. 188 (1970)

Joe David CHILDRESS, Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

January 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers and Charles Parrett, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex. and Thomas F. Keever, then Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NOEL, District Judge.

Petitioner, a prisoner in State custody, is confined pursuant to a conviction which he contends was obtained in violation of due process. Having failed to obtain relief in State courts, he now seeks a writ of habeas corpus here.

At petitioner's trial, a confession was admitted over his objection against him. His due process allegation rests on the assertions that his confession was coerced and obtained in...

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