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VESSELS v. ESTELLE

Civ. A. No. 72-H-364.

376 F.Supp. 1303 (1973)

Thomas Ray VESSELS, Petitioner, v. James ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

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

December 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Perrin, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., of Tex., Dunklin Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Tex., Austin, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:

SEALS, District Judge.

This is a proceeding for the Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in Gray County, Texas in 1966, Cause No. 2108, for the offense of rape and was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Pursuant to previous conviction in Cause No. 1610, Court of Randall County, Texas, the Petitioner was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections while he appealed his conviction...

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