James E. Baker v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

TATE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of two consolidated petitions of James É. Baker, a Texas prisoner, for a writ of habeas corpus. In May 1974, Baker was found guilty by a jury of robbery by assault. Sentence, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment. Baker asserts that neither enhancing conviction was constitutionally obtained, and he seeks to have them set aside. Noting that similar contentions had previously been raised twice as to one of the convictions, the magistrate recommended that the present consolidated…