FOY v. ESTELLE

No. 72-3541. Summary Calendar.

472 F.2d 1381 (1973)

Bobby Joe FOY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Manning, Houston, Tex., (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Lang A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant claims that his state court plea of guilty was involuntary and coerced because he had been subjected to an illegal search and seizure, had been denied an examining trial, and had been denied counsel for a substantial period of time, and after he obtained counsel it had been ineffective. The federal habeas court found that his counsel had been effective and that appellant had entered a voluntary plea of guilty which waived the other asserted grounds...

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