Wade Gilbert Hampton v. W. B. Hauck, Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas

Petitioner, represented by court-appointed counsel, was convicted by jury trial in the 175th District Court, Bexar County, Texas, of giving a worthless check of more than $50.00 and was sentenced as a recidivist to serve ten years. Vernon’s Ann. Texas Penal Code, Art. 567b, §§ 1 and 4. Substantially the same contentions now presented for our consideration were also presented on direct appeal and his conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Hampton v. State, 402 S.W.2d 748 (1966). A petition for writ of habeas corpus was then brought in the United States District Court…