George Edward Wilson v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Appellant, George Edward Wilson, presently serving a life sentence for the crime of murder with malice, appeals from the District Court’s denial of his writ of habeas corpus. Wilson contends that evidence of two prior misdemeanor convictions, in which he did not have the assistance of counsel, was improperly admitted at the punishment stage of his state court trial and improperly influenced the jury in assessing punishment. We find this contention without merit and affirm.

Wilson was tried before a jury in Criminal District Court, No. 4, Dallas County, Texas, and convicted of the offense of…