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PATTERSON v. ESTELLE

No. 73-3062.

494 F.2d 37 (1974)

Jerry Leon PATTERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JONES, THORNBERRY and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 24, 1974.

JONES, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Jerry Leon Patterson, a prisoner in the custody of the appellee, serving a life sentence for the theft of cattle, seeks reversal of an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Patterson was arrested on March 7, 1962, and on the same day he made and signed a confession. He was convicted on November 27, 1962. During the trial...

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