BROWN v. BETO

No. 23821.

377 F.2d 950 (1967)

Nathaniel BROWN, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Brown pro se.

Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., T. B. Wright, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee Dr. George J. Beto.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This habeas proceeding involves (1) the prisoner's challenge to his commitment under two sentences when, if either is valid, he would not be entitled to immediate release; (2) the validity of a plea of guilty that apparently resulted from a plea agreement between the prisoner and the prosecutor; (3) a general charge that the prisoner's attorney was incompetent. We affirm the district court's dismissal of the petition for habeas corpus.

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