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DOBY v. BETO

No. 71-2443. Summary Calendar.

451 F.2d 365 (1971)

Iona Starr DOBY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iona S. Doby, in pro. per.; Harry Walsh, Staff Counsel for Inmates, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Roy E. Greenwood, Huntsville, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant is a Texas state prisoner under a life sentence imposed by enhancement after a third felony conviction. The District Court denied without evidentiary hearing her petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that in the two prior convictions, in 1953 and 1955, she was not represented by counsel and was denied her right to counsel.

The District Court held that in the earlier cases she was represented by counsel and that in both instances...

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