HILLIARD v. BETO

No. 72-1869 Summary Calendar.

465 F.2d 829 (1972)

L. D. HILLIARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

On Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Walsh, Huntsville, Tex., William T. Armstrong, Staff Atty., Weldon, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., E. L. Hamilton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


On Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 1, 1972.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Petitioner was convicted on his plea of guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on a Texas charge of rape. Subsequently he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief in the State trial court alleging that his plea had been induced by an unkept promise of the District Attorney that he would receive a five year...

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