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WOODARD v. BETO

No. 31107 Summary Calendar.

447 F.2d 103 (1971)

Charlie WOODARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1971.

Certiorari Denied November 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Paul Pomeroy, Jr., Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Mr. Robert Darden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied November 16, 1971. See 92 S.Ct. 325.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief, the appellant Charlie Woodard seeks mitigation of his life sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections. The facts are that appellant was tried and convicted on March 2, 1954, by a jury in Harris County, Texas, for the offense of burglary. On March 25, 1954,...

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