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BRANCH v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 70-H-286.

364 F.Supp. 938 (1973)

Hamilton BRANCH, Petitioner, v. Dr. George BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

September 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Boettner, Jr., Charleston, W. Va., Roy E. Greenwood, Huntsville, Tex., for petitioner.

Dunklin Sullivan, Austin, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SINGLETON, District Judge.

Petitioner was convicted in state court of felony theft. His punishment, enhanced under the Texas recidivist statute,1 was set at life. The conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Branch v. State, 445 S.W.2d 756 (1969). After exhausting his state remedies, petitioner asks ...

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