Ex parte Reece

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein the relator seeks his release from confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The record reflects that on December 28, 1961, the relator was convicted in the 16th Judicial District Court of Cooke County, in Cause No. 15537, of the offense of cattle theft and sentenced to serve not less than two nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. Trial was before the court, a jury being waived, upon relator’s plea of guilty.

Relator was represented by the Honorable Shelby Fletcher, an attorney, appointed by the court on the day of…