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GILBERT v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 66-H-157.

274 F.Supp. 847 (1967)

Willie GILBERT v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.

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

July 31, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Baird, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Dunklin Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

SINGLETON, District Judge.

Petitioner, Willie Gilbert, was convicted of murder with malice in 1953 and was sentenced to 99 years in the State penitentiary. Maurice Sampson, his co-indictee, was convicted and sentenced to death. Both convictions were affirmed on appeal. Sampson v. State, 160 Tex. Cr.R. 302, 268 S.W.2d 661 (1953); Gilbert v. State, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 424, 265 S.W.2d 110...

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