21960_1 | 5th Cir. | Jan 4, 1966
354 F.2d 687" date_filed="1966-01-04" court="5th Cir." case_name="Homer Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director Texas Department of Corrections">354 F.2d 687
Homer WILLIAMS, Appellant,
v.
Dr. George BETO, Director Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.
No. 21960.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 4, 1966.
Homer Williams, in pro. per.
Sam R. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanton Stone, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Allo B. Crow, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.
Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying a writ of habeas corpus by which appellant sought to attack a texas state court sentence imposed pursuant to Article 63, Texas Penal Code, the Habitual Offender Statute. He contends that the indictment reciting the former convictions sshould not have been read to the trial jury and that proof of these convictions was not properly made. The complaints are without merit. Taylor v. Beto, 5 Cir., 346 F.2d 157" date_filed="1965-07-14" court="5th Cir." case_name="James E. Ivey, Stephenson Alexander Price, Clarence Hope Newlin, Jr., and Theron Royce Locke v. United States">346 F.2d 157; Reed v. Beto, 5 Cir., 343 F.2d 723" date_filed="1965-05-11" court="5th Cir." case_name="William Everett Reed v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections">343 F.2d 723; 11 A.L.R.2d 870.
Affirmed.