JOHNSON v. BETO

No. 72-1894 Summary Calendar.

466 F.2d 478 (1972)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Dunklin Sullivan, 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-appellant.

Tracy Crawford, Tyler, Tex., (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee; Mike A. Hatchell, Ramey, Brelsford, Flock, Hutchins & Carroll, Tyler, Tex., of counsel.

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


PER CURIAM:

Appellee, William Glenn Johnson, was convicted in Texas district court of armed robbery upon his plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the state penitentiary. Upon a hearing on appellee's application for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the learned judge below found that the guilty plea was involuntary, having been induced by...

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