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HOOVER v. BETO

No. 29587.

467 F.2d 516 (1972)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied December 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Burnet, Odessa, Tex., Raeburn Norris, Houston, Tex., Luther E. Jones, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Lonny Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RIVES, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied December 18, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 703.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Seldom has this Court considered a more spectacular or bizarre case than this habeas corpus petition of an experienced Texas criminal lawyer, former mayor of the City of Pasadena, Texas, who was found guilty in Texas State Court of being the mastermind and accomplice in an especially brutal and horrible assault and robbery, but who contends that he was invalidly convicted in violation...

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