On this appeal from denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, the latest of several successive federal petitions, the appellant claims ineffectiveness of counsel in 1951 Texas state proceedings in which he was convicted of burglary and his sentence enhanced to life under the Texas recidivist statute, Art. 63, Tex.Pen.Code. Either as part thereof or as an independent ground he alleges failure of counsel to...
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