TUCKER v. BETO

No. 71-2367 Summary Calendar.

451 F.2d 567 (1971)

Harold Hoyt TUCKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Hoyt Tucker, pro se.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Dunklin Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The district court denied habeas corpus relief to petitioner, a state prisoner. We affirm.

Petitioner was convicted in the state court in Wharton County, Texas after pleading guilty to burglary and theft. He now attacks his conviction on the grounds that his appointed counsel was ineffective and that his guilty plea was coerced by the district attorney. The basis for these assertions is petitioner's allegation that "public records" show that he...

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