CLAYTON v. ESTELLE

No. 76-1271 Summary Calendar.

541 F.2d 486 (1976)

James Edward CLAYTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Berwick, Austin, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

James Edward Clayton, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Dunklin Sullivan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Enforcement Div., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In his petition in the district court, petitioner attacked pleas of guilty entered in three robbery-by-assault cases, alleging that the pleas were involuntary and resulted from coercion and plea-bargain promises. With regard to guilty pleas entered in two cases on March 22, 1972, he claimed that he was threatened with an immediate trial if he did not plead guilty and that he was subjected to a three-hour brow-beating session two days before the plea and...

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