Dennis Woodbury v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Woodbury, petitioner in this habeas proceeding, and Joan Brock were indicted in Angelina County, Texas, in December 1960 for the murder of William S. Carpenter, a druggist in Tyler, Texas. On the night of November 8, 1960, Brock arranged to meet Carpenter at his drugstore after he had closed it. Both Brock and Woodbury had guns. They entered the drugstore, struck Carpenter on the head, and took money from the cash register and narcotics from the shelves. When they left the store they placed Carpenter in the back seat of the car with Brock. Woodbury drove out the…