EDWARDS v. BETO

No. 30816 Summary Calendar.

446 F.2d 18 (1971)

Richard Dale EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Dale Edwards, pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief to Edwards, a prisoner of the State of Texas. We affirm.

Edwards attacks the validity of his conviction for the murder with malice of his four-month-old son. The jury assessed Edwards' punishment at life imprisonment, to which he was sentenced on November 3, 1965. No direct appeal was taken, but Edwards exhausted other available state post-conviction remedies as required by 28 U...

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