James Lyman Jacobs v. The State of Texas

The district court dismissed the petition of appellant Jacobs for habeas corpus relief on the ground that he had failed to exhaust available state remedies. We affirm.

On March 27, 1972 the petitioner was found guilty of robbery by assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment under the Texas enhancement statute on the basis of a 1964 conviction for automobile theft. Jacobs’ appeal from the 1972 conviction is now pending before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and one of the issues for review is the validity of the 1964 conviction which was used for enhancement purposes.

In apparent…