JONES v. ESTELLE

No. 77-2557.

584 F.2d 687 (1978)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Holbrook, San Antonio, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Catherine E. Greene, David M. Kendall, Jr., Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner James Albert Jones seeks habeas corpus relief from confinement resulting from his Texas state court conviction following a plea of guilty to a charge of murder with malice. On appeal Jones advances several contentions that merit our attention. He attacks the guilty plea on two fronts; he complains that it was coerced and that it was the result of a broken plea bargain. He also complains of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate...

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