Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1966-02-01

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COLEMAN, Circuit Judge: This is a case in which the appellant seeks by habeas corpus in the Federal Courts to avoid a state imposed life sentence on the ground that he did not have effective assistance of counsel in the state court trial. After a full evidentiary hearing, the district court found this collat…

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