Arthur Earvin Stepp v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 seeks to set aside the conviction and life sentence of petitioner 1 on November 16, 1961, for robbery by assault in Cause No. 11,979, State of Texas v. Arthur E. Stepp, in the District Court of Denton County, Texas. The life sentence was pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann. Penal Code of Texas, an enhancement statute. 2

Petitioner is also in state custody under three other felony convictions. On December 19, 1961, about a month after the trial in Denton County in the case here involved, he pleaded…