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HARRIS v. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF WALKER

No. 72-2818.

476 F.2d 719 (1973)

Ruben HARRIS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF WALKER and Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard P. Nugent, Austin, Tex., court appointed, for petitioner-appellant.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Guy C. Fisher, Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ESTES, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

On March 2, 1972, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in a habeas corpus proceedings found that the Appellant Harris had been denied due process in a 1969 Texas conviction for robbery by assault because the State failed to disclose evidence favorable to him and ordered Harris discharged from custody subject to the State's right to try him within a reasonable period of time not to exceed 120 days. On July 12, 1972, Harris...

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