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PAPRSKAR v. ESTELLE

No. 77-1010.

566 F.2d 1277 (1978)

Michael J. PAPRSKAR, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., John C. Madison, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., David M. Kendall, Jr., 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Dunklin Sullivan, Douglas M. Becker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.

Michael A. Maness, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the State of Texas from an order of the United States District Court granting petitioner Michael Paprskar habeas corpus relief in the form of good time credit1 for time spent in a county jail prior to his convictions for murder.

The appellee, Paprskar, was arrested on January 29, 1970 and charged with three murders. In June of the same year, he was tried and convicted of one of the...

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