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MADELEY v. ESTELLE

No. 78-2569.

606 F.2d 560 (1979)

Reggie C. MADELEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coyt Randal Johnston, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Douglas M. Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Reggie C. Madeley, petitioner, was convicted of burglary in Texas state court. Pursuant to a predecessor version of Tex. Penal Code Ann. tit. 3, § 12.42(d) (Vernon 1974), his sentence was mandatorily set at life imprisonment by reason of his having two or more prior felony convictions. Petitioner now claims, by way of federal habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976), that his sentence...

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