Gene Carroll Brown v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Gene Carroll Brown appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for .a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. 1

Brown was convicted by a jury of murder with malice for shooting another man with a pistol. The judgment was affirmed upon direct appeal. Brown v. State, 1962, 172 Tex.Cr.R. 229, 355 S.W. 2d 718. Other state post-conviction remedies were exhausted in compliance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254.

Brown’s sole contention is that the trial court reversibly erred in admitting ballistic and other evidence of the murder weapon which was found in his automobile from two to…