Richard Dale Edwards v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

DYER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief to Edwards, a prisoner of the State of Texas. We affirm.

Edwards attacks the validity of his conviction for the murder with malice of his four-month-old son. The jury assessed Edwards’ punishment at life imprisonment, to which he was sentenced on November 3, 1965. No direct appeal was taken, but Edwards exhausted other available state post-conviction remedies as required by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254.

Two main grounds for habeas relief were presented below and are urged upon this appeal. They are: (1) that trial court erred…