LEE v. BETO

No. 29480 Summary Calendar.

429 F.2d 524 (1970)

Frank LEE, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Lee, Jr., pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Frank Lee, Jr., appeals pro se from the district court's denial of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.1

A Texas jury convicted Lee, a Negro, of the murder with malice aforethought of a white man in Limestone County, Texas. In 1961, Lee received a sentence of life imprisonment.

Lee sought post-conviction relief...

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