PARKER v. ESTELLE

Civ. A. No. 76-H-114.

422 F.Supp. 35 (1976)

J. Loyd PARKER, Jr., Petitioner, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

October 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Max P. Flusche, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent.


Memorandum and Order:

SINGLETON, District Judge.

For over six years petitioner J. Loyd Parker, Jr., has sought habeas corpus relief from state and federal courts on his claim that he is entitled to credit for the six years he spent in a state mental hospital before his trial and conviction. With reluctance this court holds that he is not entitled to that relief.

The facts of Parker's case are set out in the Fifth Circuit opinion issued in connection...

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