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WHITAKER v. ESTELLE

No. 74-2520.

509 F.2d 194 (1975)

Andrew Earl WHITAKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Smyth, Staff Counsel for Inmates, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Brazoria, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. Choate, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and DYER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 9, 1975.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Whitaker appeals from the district court's denial without hearing of his petition for habeas corpus. He claims that his state rape conviction was unconstitutional because of 1) an illegal arrest and detention, 2) an involuntary confession, and 3) the state court's lack of jurisdiction to try him as an adult. Since we find that none of the errors alleged amounted to a denial of...

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