Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1961-05-02

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HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge (dissenting) . When MacKenna was here on his first appeal from the order of the district judge, denying his petition for habeas corpus as without merit on its face, I dissented from the opinion of the majority, reported in 5 Cir., <a href="/opinion/247115/edward-morgan-mackenna-v-o-b-ellis-director-…

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