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DORROUGH v. STATE OF TEXAS

No. 30988 Summary Calendar.

440 F.2d 1063 (1971)

Jerry Mack DORROUGH, Petitioner Appellant, v. STATE OF TEXAS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry M. Dorrough, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen. of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers and Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition of a federal prisoner seeking to void a detainer warrant filed against him by the State of Texas. We affirm.

Appellant was convicted in the Texas state court of bank robbery and was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. While confined in the Dallas County jail, pending his direct appeal, he escaped with a codefendant. To implement their escape they forced a postal...

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