HARRIS v. BETO

No. 25000.

392 F.2d 191 (1968)

William Tyrone HARRIS, Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Davis, Eugene L. Smith, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a denial of habeas corpus after an evidentiary hearing.

There was no denial of court-appointed counsel on appellant's 1952 appeal from a state court conviction for murder. At his trial and on motion for new trial he was represented by retained counsel, who did not represent him on appeal because his fee for an appeal was not paid. The findings of fact made at the evidentiary hearing, which we do not find plainly erroneous...

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