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BARRERA v. BETO

No. 24060.

373 F.2d 333 (1967)

Louis BARRERA, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Barrera, pro se.

Allo B. Crow, Jr., Austin, Tex., Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., T. B. Wright, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Upon trial by jury in the District Court of Robertson County, Texas, appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. His confession, which he now claims to have been obtained in violation of his constitutional rights, was admitted in evidence at the trial. After exhausting state remedies, appellant applied to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas for habeas corpus relief. A plenary hearing was held on the issues raised...

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