Ex Parte Lemay

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. Lemay seeks relief from his conviction on July 22, 1943, for the offense of burglary of a private residence at night. 1 He contends that the primary conviction and the two prior convictions used to enhance the punishment to life under Article 68, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. (1925), are void since he was convicted in all three without benefit, or waiver, of counsel.

In his application for habeas corpus, petitioner alleges that in the primary conviction he pled guilty without the assistance of…