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SINGLETON v. ESTELLE

No. 72-2517.

492 F.2d 671 (1974)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 12, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Johns, Elmo R. Willard, III, Walter M. Sekaly, Beaumont, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, E. L. Hamilton, Attys., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, SIMPSON and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We review here a district court order denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For reasons set out below, we affirm the district court's ruling.

I. THE FACTS

Joe Cephas Singleton, the appellant, is a black male who was charged in April, 1960, with the rape of a white female in Beaumont, Texas. At trial in the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas the State introduced as evidence against Singleton...

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