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ST. JULES v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 70-H-840.

371 F.Supp. 470 (1974)

Howard J. ST. JULES v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.

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

February 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Walsh, Huntsville, Tex., for plaintiff.

Dunklin Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant.

Memorandum and Order:

SINGLETON, District Judge.

St. Jules filed his case August 8, 1970. He alleged that his conviction for burglary was constitutionally invalid because he was denied a lawyer at post-arrest interrogation and was coerced into a confession. He had pleaded not guilty to the crimes, but a jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to life imprisonment by virtue of the Texas recidivist statute.

On October 2, 1972, the court heard...

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