BAYLESS v. ESTELLE

No. 78-1005.

583 F.2d 730 (1978)

Billy Ray BAYLESS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Ray Bayless, pro se.

Wm. M. Byrd, Jr., Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Joe Dibrell, Douglas M. Becker, Asst. Attys. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., First Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Bayless appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus in which he sought sentence credit for several segments of his county jail incarceration. We affirm the district court's order in part and vacate and remand in part.

Bayless was arrested, charged with rape, and placed in the Dallas County jail on August 9, 1967. He was convicted and was sentenced to a term of 99...

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