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CORPUS v. BETO

No. 72-1478.

469 F.2d 953 (1972)

Julius CORPUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert Gill, Austin, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Roland Daniel Green, III, Sarah E. Phillips, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before DYER, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Julius Corpus was convicted by a jury in a Texas state court of unlawfully possessing a narcotic drug. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas,1 petitioner sought habeas relief in federal district court contending (1) that the prosecution knowingly acquiesced in the use of false testimony, (2) that the trial court erroneously refused to allow defense counsel to impeach...

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